CRITTER CHATTER
TALKING DUCK
ew research published in the journal B documents the first ever scientific evidence of a talking duck. The duck, a male musk duck named ‘Ripper’, hand-reared in captivity at the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve near Canberra, Australia, was recorded saying the phrase “you bloody fool” repeatedly. In the recordings, made 30 years ago by retired researcher Dr Peter Fulgar, Ripper can also be heard imitating the sound of
