In 1987, a researcher in Australia recorded a male musk duck named Ripper producing a vocalization that sounded very much like “You bloody fool,” along with sounds resembling a slamming door and a ...

Ripper, an Australian musk duck, sounded like he was swearing in recordings Another musk duck also seemed to imitate the quacks of another duck species These instances show the species' "unexpected" ...

An Australian musk duck has been recorded saying “You bloody fool” in the first documented instance of the species mimicking human speech. A hand-reared male named Ripper was recorded imitating the ...

Gold Shaw Farm explains the biological anatomy that prevents drakes from producing the iconic loud quack of female ducks. Council to euthanise dogs shot by police after man mauled in Brisbane park ...