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- sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -10/+479"Evolution has nothing to do with man made death traps."
Tell that to my magnetic footed ducks. - vhold, on 10/12/2007, -23/+344"Evolution has nothing to do with man made death traps. :P"
Uhm, sure it does. Why do you think insects and diseases keep getting more difficult for man to kill? - darnfabulous, on 10/21/2007, -4/+299I hope it is fake. If it isn't, let's just pretend the little duckling landed safely in a puddle and was carried off to it's natural habitat by ninja turtles.
- smartssa, on 10/12/2007, -98/+389Evolution has nothing to do with man made death traps. :P
- crilen007, on 10/12/2007, -3/+162It's not fake, and they got rescued.
I'm too lazy to look it up right now. I think it was in San Fran. - Daedalus17, on 10/12/2007, -30/+180@smartssa
Are you implying that human tools made possible by our highly developed brains are not part of the world's "natural" order? We belong here every bit as much as any other animal or plant does. Stop the human hating... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+119Sewer gators have got to eat.
- neoform, on 10/12/2007, -6/+93Or the ducks that learned to stay away from cities..
- drizek, on 10/12/2007, -14/+94i guess thats why americans are so fat then. All the skinny ones fell into the gutter.
- distrbnce, on 10/12/2007, -1/+63He'd have a tough time cramming mama duck through that grate.
- Rocka89, on 10/12/2007, -3/+62 lol. yep very sad. This is why you cant trust your parents.
- xchino, on 10/12/2007, -6/+61@smartssa
Man made death traps have everything to do with evolution.
Artificial Selection is as valid a part of evolution as natural selection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_selection - eggo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+54@RobWilson:
More like the duckling that made it across had better balance/coordination than his brothers and sisters. He will have offspring (seriously, have you ever been to a duck park? all the things do is eat bread and *****.) who will carry on his better balance genes leading to... I dunno, acrobatic ducks? - Alphabet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+51I remember hearing about this story. Some guy was taking pictures of ducks, and before he knew it, they all fell through the gratings. The mother duck just stared through the gratings at the little ducklings for awhile, until some people came by and got them out.
If course, this is what someone told me so I don't have a source. - Dujoducom, on 10/12/2007, -4/+49Wow, that is horrible.
- berwiki, on 10/12/2007, -1/+41to all the morons who claim to know it's fake, here is another situation where this happened.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1DD1438F936A35755C0A96E948260 - adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -4/+32If someone was there to take the pic, I'm sure someone called the animal department or pulled the grate out them self and rescued the little duckies.
- EXreaction, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27"Did the ***** photographer go lift the grate for mama duck?"
So he is automatically an ***** whether he lifted the grate or not? - KamikazeeDriver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20". . . . and they got rescued. "
I would actually believe it. How many people do you know would hold a camera and snapshot the event, and just walk away? - acff, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23i REALLY hope this story has a happy ending and the ducklings were rescued and lived happily ever after in ducktopia
- TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -14/+33Okay, who else laughed? Be honest.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+25I thought most people would have seen this already.. it's been around long enough!
i'm sure the chickies got across fine. they were out of the picture when the mother was just looking into the drain.. er i hope! - jjb123, on 10/12/2007, -6/+22Most be a crack whore mom duck looking for some insurance money.
- scottauth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16The picture is mildly upsetting, but imagine if the dog from Duck Hunt popped up in the corner -- you would feel nothing but hate!
- GMorgan, on 10/12/2007, -6/+22"one a bacteria that eats radioactive waste"
You've just solved the greatest problem of our time. Unleash the bacteria. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+24I'm gonna go shoot myself now.
- Dujoducom, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18LOL, I can't believe you managed to slip that into a conversation about this picture.
- bongo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I'm going to choose to believe Alphabet. The ducklings are alright!
- Konrad9, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16It's funny, unlike the rod that appears to be stuck up your bum.
Oh wait... - Rabbethan, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Agreed, but it's not like we were not warned.
- thepolkapunk, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13This is totally fake! I saw proof of it somewhere, but I can't remember where.
This is totally real! I saw proof of it somewhere, but I can't remember where. - cell00, on 10/12/2007, -15/+23It IS fake, I don't have the source but I remember seing the original pictures with the ducklings walking safely across it, and later on the photo manips halfways through. But all I can give you is my word. (And logic, what ***** photographer would take a pic of the ducklings before and after?)
- adamdigg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8This was reported to have actually happened in Burlington Vermont. No way to know if the story is true or accurate, in fact there are two accounts which don't seem to match up... but at least there are better photos.
http://www.queensu.ca/security/graphics/2004/ducks-without-security.html - eggo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Garfield? Is that you?
- elf586, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10now you have to ask yourself if this is real, did the photographer do anything to help the ducks afterwards....
- DarthChaos, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10I hate you. I feel empty.
- Navicerts, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Background story attributed to the Photographer:
"story: i was driving home (i was actually inside the gate of my complex) when i saw the ducks. i thought it was cute, so parked near by and took some pics. then the mom duck starts walking, with all the little chicks following, right over that grate. all but one fell through (as you can see). it went down to a sewer connection without any water, maybe a 3 foot drop. so i got out of my car and pulled the grate off and went down there to try to get the chicks. when i pulled the grate off, dirt fell down there and scared them and they scattered. but, i was able to get all but one back up top. the last one wouldn't move, and i wasn't gonna go down the sewer pipe much more without a flashlight. hopefully that chick will find it's way back."
See the original photos and additional pics at the photographer's site:
http://flippedcracker.net/photos/ducks
Note: Photographer's website may be "down" (possibly due to increased bandwidth usage)
- thanks to L. Allen for solving this mystery! :)
source: http://www.queensu.ca/security/graphics/2004/ducks-without-security.html - samk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Apparently, this sort of thing happens a lot...
http://threesixty.yarinareth.net/archives/2002/07/04/duckling-rescue-service/
http://www.michigan.gov/cis/0,1607,7-154-10573_11472-50556--,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/4648281.stm
http://truthlover.com/stories/dsp_viewStory.cfm?storyID=537 - buckykatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6internet is slow right now, this is the best I could do:
Wayback machine archive of forum thread (pictures were hosted on flippedcracker.net but seem to be gone now)
http://web.archive.org/web/20040803025831/www.honda-acura.net/forums/showthread.php?t=138524 - jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10:~~~~~~~~~~~(
Dammit. I was thinking, 'sure sure, i bet it'll be sad' but I didnt expect anything like this... :(
*tears well up* - InfamousX241, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9I regret viewing that.
- matts0344, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6acff, it's called Duckberg, get with it man.
- GMorgan, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10In Soviet Russia, Ducklings swallow Grates!!
- lostsocks, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7I saw this happen years ago at work. It took me an hour to get the little ducklings out of the drain. It caused quite a stir.
- jedikv, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6anymore stupid cliche internet memes to insert?
how about: all your ducklings belong to us - ambiguus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Don't worry, I heard they were saved by their insurance company.
Way to go Aflack! - Archon810, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6I believe it also made one of the "Owned" compilations.
- olddirtycr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5This isn't fake. Well it could be but I've seen it happen while driving through a nearby town.They paraded accross the street following their mother and one by one plop plop into the sewer. I called the local police and they sent someone to get them out ;).
- buckykatt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4and the photos on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flippedcracker/sets/72057594053529598/ - green1152, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I laughed at first, because I saw the sequence, then I thought about it a little more.. and yeah, that's really sad.
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