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Duck's Quacks Really Do Echo

Posted by Hemos on from the what-about-nintendo's-duck-hunt dept.

troc writes "Finally that age-old myth of the duck's quack has been overturned. It has long been thought that the duck's quack did not produce an echo, so some boffins with spare time and a duck did some experiments. "

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  1. But... by Bluesman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do they weigh the same as a witch?

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  2. Duck Dodgers by AtariAmarok · · Score: 3, Funny

    The original "no-echo" conclusions came about because the test subject was Daffy, and the location was space.

    In space, no one can hear you quack, let alone hear an echo.

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  3. Next up by Hard_Code · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can swallows really carry coconuts?

    I can't wait until those hard-nosed Brits get down to cracking this serious mystery!

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  4. Two scientists and a duck... by Spudley · · Score: 4, Funny

    First scientist: "Say, Bob, I've got a bit of free time, so I'm going up the mountain with my duck. You wanna join me?"

    Is it just me, or does that sound like it came straight out of a Farside comic? :-D

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  5. Re:WHO thought this? by iggymanz · · Score: 3, Funny

    What next - somebody trying to evaluate the efficacy of NaCl in trapping avians when applied to their aft flight surfaces?

    To test the efficacy of salting a bird's wings in order to trap it, I put a 25 lbs. bag of Morton Salt on the wings of a sparrow, a duck, and then a canary. The birds were in each case successfully trapped. Also, they were completely flattened. Interestingly, the muted quack the duck made did not echo.