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[disnut8]

Before I get flamed for anti-gun stuff - I do support the right to bear arms.  Just leave the poor creatures alone.

Shot Duck Survives 2 Days in Fla. Fridge

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Neither gunfire nor two days in a refrigerator could slay this duck.

When the wife of the hunter who shot it opened the refrigerator door, the duck lifted its head, giving her a scare.

The man's wife "was going to check on the refrigerator because it hadn't been working right and when she opened the door, it looked up at her," said Laina Whipple, a receptionist at Killearn Animal Hospital. "She freaked out and told the daughter to take it to the hospital right then and there."

The 1-pound female ring-neck ended up at Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, where it has been treated since Tuesday for wounds to its wing and leg.

Sanctuary veterinarian David Hale said it has about a 75 percent chance of survival, but probably won't ever be well enough to be released back into the wild.

He said the duck, which has a low metabolism, could have survived in a big enough refrigerator, especially if the door was opened and closed several times. And he said he understands how the hunter thought the duck was dead.

"This duck is very passive," Hale said. "It's not like trying to pick up a Muscovy at Lake Ella, where you put your life in your hands."

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The comment that this duck will never be able to survive in the wild freaks me out.  I know I'll get flake for this but the poor thing will never bare eggs.  Never swim in a natural stream.  She'll be put in a bathtub.

*disnut8 leaves the room, drives to Jacksonville and adopts the duck*

[Supermercado]

Talk about a resilient duck.

[PiCaSSo]

Hahahaha!!! Lord, I apologize but have you ever ate roast duck? hehe sorry dissy just being my usual asinine, ornery self

[KnacK]

mmm duck........

[elmono311]

Darn, I was hoping the duck killed them in a vicious bloodbath after lying in wait for those two days for her ultimate revenge

[disnut8]

Hahahaha!!! Lord, I apologize but have you ever ate roast duck? hehe sorry dissy just being my usual asinine, ornery self

Actually, back before 1990, I did.  Wasn't that great.  Too greasy.  April 20, 1990 was my turning point.  And don't get me started on veal and lamb.

[tenchu]

i have never had duck that was greasy but i havent really had it that much either.

[jitspoe]

"was going to check on the refrigerator because it hadn't been working right and when she opened the door, it looked up at her,"

"It's... smiling at me."
"Oh!"
*CHOP*

[disnut8]

Duck Shot by Hunter Cheats Death Again

Tallahassee, Fla. — Perky is one tough bird.

The ring-neck duck survived being shot and spending two days in a hunter's refrigerator — and now she's had a close brush with death on a veterinarian's operating table.

The one-pound female duck stopped breathing Saturday during surgery to repair gunshot damage to one wing, said Noni Beck of the Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary
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Veterinarian David Hale revived the bird after several tense moments by performing CPR.

"I started crying, 'She's alive!'" Beck said.

Perky entered the headlines last week after a hunter's wife opened her refrigerator door and the should've-been-dead duck lifted its head and looked at her. The bird had been in the fridge for two days since being shot and presumed killed Jan. 15.

Perky is recovering with a pin installed in the fractured wing, and probably will not have more surgery because of her sensitivity to anesthesia, Hale said.

[jitspoe]

"I started crying, 'She's alive!'" Beck said.

I'm picturing a cold operation table surrounded by jacobs ladders, lightning rods, and mysterious chemicals.  "It's alive!", Frankenduck quacked.

[disnut8]

I'm picturing a cold operation table surrounded by jacobs ladders, lightning rods, and mysterious chemicals.  "It's alive!", Frankenduck quacked.

That's pretty freaking funny.