Thursday, January 10, 2019

What the duck!

We totally need this story, considering the week we’ve been having—and with Friday still to come.

Because last week the Museum of English Rural Life in the UK quacked out a query to its fellow cultural institutions around the, er, web, soliciting, uh, duck pix. Just for ducks, I presume.

The whole thread is here, but I’ll start ruffling feathers by giving you a few of the responses to the call.


There was quite a GIF war between the National Railway Museum and the National Army Museum; you’ll have to go to the thread to see it, all I’ve got are these.



Also, this entry from the Getty sparked a discussion that you really need to follow. (Hint, a turducken made an appearance.)


Someone tried to sneak in a slow lorris being groomed with a toothbrush. Man, there’s always one in every flock.


We’ve got a science duck (remember the study of ocean currents done via a shipload of yellow ducks?):


And a sporting duck from South America:


Musée d’Orsay chimed in:


And so did the Louvre down the street:


I expect other museums will pile on, to defend local honor. And, as far as I’m concerned this thread has got 2019 off to a quacking good start.





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