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duck
Coverage of duck in the Nexus archive.
- Vile woman who took duck from Las Vegas hotel fountain then tossed it back and forth and injured it should be cleared of wrongdoing because the animal was wild, lawyer says
A woman took a duck from a Las Vegas hotel fountain, tossed it back and forth, and injured it. A lawyer argues she should be cleared of wrongdoing because the duck is a wild animal.
- Are loons closer relatives to penguins than to ducks?
The common loon is genetically closer to penguins than to ducks, sharing an evolutionary lineage dating back 40-50 million years with herons and pelicans. Despite differences in habitat and physical traits, loons and penguins have dense bones and similar coloring for diving, while ducks are more closely related to geese and swans.