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Duck survives two days in fridge Duck - file photo Duck hunting season is underway in FloridaA duck in the US state of Florida has survived gunshot wounds and a two-day stint in a refrigerator.

A hunter shot the duck, wounding it in the wing and leg. Believing the bird was dead, he left it in his fridge at his home in Tallahassee.

The hunter's wife got a fright when she opened the fridge and the duck lifted its head, a local veterinarian said.

Staff at the Goose Creek Animal Sanctuary who are treating the bird said it has a 75% chance of survival.

The plucky duck was taken first to a local animal hospital, and then to an animal sanctuary for more specialised treatment.

A veterinarian at the sanctuary said he thinks the duck will live, but will probably never be well enough to be released into the wild.

The veterinarian, David Hale, said the duck's low metabolism rate helped it survive its time in the refrigerator, the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper reported.

"This is an extremely tough duck with a lot of spirit to live," he said. "This shows how tough and adaptable wildlife are".

 

(Taken from the BBC website)

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Well, there goes dinner, I guess we'll have to eat squirrell again......

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I think it's kind of funny that you go and shoot the thing twice, but because it's not entirely dead you rush it to the hopsital. 

 Is this proper hunting procedure?  You mean that if I hit a deer but don't kill him I become liable for his health care from that point forward?!?!?

 This changes everything!



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Exactly! Do you remember the story of Mike the headless chicken?

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http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/story.html

Poor Mike!!



-- Edited by Sparky at 12:37, 2007-01-21

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NO FRICKIN' WAY!

Ok, did you snopes this yet?  This can't be right

This would mean we don't apparantly need our brain in order to function!  Or chickens have a second brain somewhere below the neck! 

 WTH! 



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Jeremy Riggs wrote:

NO FRICKIN' WAY!

Ok, did you snopes this yet?  This can't be right

This would mean we don't apparantly need our brain in order to function!  Or chickens have a second brain somewhere below the neck! 

 WTH! 

I was told, when I was younger, that I had a brain below the waist......

 



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I knew SOMEONE would go there

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sgmorrell wrote:
Jeremy Riggs wrote:

NO FRICKIN' WAY!

Ok, did you snopes this yet?  This can't be right

This would mean we don't apparantly need our brain in order to function!  Or chickens have a second brain somewhere below the neck! 

 WTH! 

I was told, when I was younger, that I had a brain below the waist......

If that woulda been the case his name woulda been Peter the headless chicken.




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Sorry guys...someone was gonna go there, figured it might as well be me! 

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Ok, looks like Mike is true.  I stand corrected.

 

Although the information I found in other places on the net makes it sound a lot more logical than the website devoted to him.

 

But none-the-less, Mike The Headless Chicken apparantly was indeed a living, breathing peice of poultry for quite some time  



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THE DUCK, PART 2:

THE RECENTLY FAMOUS REFRIGERATED DUCK IS BACK IN THE BBC NEWS TODAY:

Duck comes back from dead, again The duck after being taken out of the refrigerator Perky the duck has had a difficult couple of weeksA duck that survived being shot and spending two days in a refrigerator has now overcome major surgery - despite briefly dying on the operating table.

Florida vets working to repair gunshot damage to Perky's wing panicked when the duck twice stopped breathing.

But they managed to resuscitate the bird, who leapt to fame when she was found alive in a hunter's fridge two days after being shot.

Perky now has a pin in her wing, but is expected to make a good recovery.

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The ring-neck duck entered surgery with vets confident that she would survive the procedure despite serious injuries to her wing, leg and beak.

But they struggled to fully sedate Perky, who briefly lost consciousness, said Susan May, treasurer of the Goose Creek Animal Sanctuary in Tallahassee.

The vet turned and said: 'I'm sorry, she's gone'
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Treasurer, Goose Creek Animal Sanctuary"The first time she stopped breathing a quick thump on the chest brought her back," Ms May told the BBC News website.

"But once the surgeon started sewing her back up she stopped breathing again, this time for 15 seconds."

When a second thump failed to bring Perky round, veterinary surgeon David Hale tried manipulating the duck's beak, before using a needle to shock her into consciousness.

At one point the duck was given pure oxygen through a face mask, Ms May said.

"At that point the vet turned and said: 'I'm sorry, she's gone.'"

The room fell into shocked silence as those present took in the news, but then Perky raised her head and began flapping her wings.

'Emotional rollercoaster'

The relief reduced everyone to tears, Ms May said, describing one of her colleagues as "extremely emotional" as she left the room.

"For the duck to have gone through all of this and then to die at that time was a real shock," Ms May said.

"This duck has taken us all on an emotional rollercoaster," she said, adding that Perky has since recovered well and is staying out of trouble.

Perky first made international headlines when she shocked a hunter's wife who found her alive after being stored inside a refrigerator for two days.

Mr Hale said the duck's slow metabolism helped her survive the low temperatures for so long.

Now volunteers at Goose Creek are hoping a t-shirt on sale through a local firm will raise enough cash to provide long-term care for the bird.











(TAKEN FROM http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6309159.stm

-- Edited by pipsar6 at 18:28, 2007-01-29

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Jeremy Riggs wrote:

I think it's kind of funny that you go and shoot the thing twice, but because it's not entirely dead you rush it to the hopsital.

Is this proper hunting procedure? You mean that if I hit a deer but don't kill him I become liable for his health care from that point forward?!?!?

This changes everything!

 I agree.  I don't get it.  Why not just kill it and roast it?



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