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Duck loses fourth leg
news.com.au ^ | 4-20-2007 | staff writer

Posted on 04/20/2007 8:09:26 AM PDT by bedolido

A four-legged duck known around the world as "Stumpy" has lost one of its limbs in a farmyard accident.

The duck's fourth leg was severed after it became caught in the its pen, news agency PA reported.

Born in February this year on a farm in Hampshire, England, the owners said that Stumpy suffered no ill effects after being patched up by a vet.


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TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: duck; fourth; leg; loses

1 posted on 04/20/2007 8:09:28 AM PDT by bedolido
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To: bedolido

If it walks like a duck....


2 posted on 04/20/2007 8:22:42 AM PDT by SuperSonic (Bush "lied", people dyed.......their fingers purple.)
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To: bedolido

AFLAC?


3 posted on 04/20/2007 8:48:41 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: bedolido

Terribly misleading headline. Makes you think the duck has lost four legs. It should read “Duck Loses One of Four Legs.”


4 posted on 04/20/2007 8:51:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: Yo-Yo

I think I have a duck problem... this is the second duck related thread I’ve posted this week. I need to lie down and think about this... I think I am quacking up... and maybe having foul thoughts...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1819251/posts


5 posted on 04/20/2007 9:01:51 AM PDT by bedolido (I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
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To: bedolido

Well, look on the bright side. With all that practice, future postings should be duck soup.


6 posted on 04/20/2007 10:25:55 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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