Mandarin duck

[shadsdf]

Yeah, anyone who's watched all planet earth would have seen this, but it still cracked us up.

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We're having a huge wtf moment over how the things manage to fall that far unharmed (yes, it's just a small light thing landing on a cushioned surface, but still). Plus they look ridiculous when bouncing.

Comments

[karinny]

Are these guys pretty closely related to american wood ducks?

[shadsdf]

The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck.

Wikipedia says yes!

[karinny]

yaaaaaay wiki, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind! yay wiki!

*grin* thanks.

[karinny]

*drums fingers together*

eeeeeeeeeeeexcellent....

I find it to be most effective if I sort of squint and have a big goofy grin while I sing it to my students who try to cite it for their papers (after I tell them not to...)