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Sun 21 Jan, 2007 03:17 pm
Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ?- Neither gunfire nor two days in a refrigerator could slay this duck.
When the wife of the hunter who shot it opened the refrigerator door, the duck lifted its head, giving her a scare.
The man's wife "was going to check on the refrigerator because it hadn't been working right and when she opened the door, it looked up at her," said Laina Whipple, a receptionist at Killearn Animal Hospital. "She freaked out and told the daughter to take it to the hospital right then and there."
The 1-pound female ring-neck ended up at Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, where it has been treated since Tuesday for wounds to its wing and leg.
Sanctuary veterinarian David Hale said it has about a 75 percent chance of survival, but probably won't ever be well enough to be released back into the wild.
He said the duck, which has a low metabolism, could have survived in a big enough refrigerator, especially if the door was opened and closed several times. And he said he understands how the hunter thought the duck was dead.
"This duck is very passive," Hale said. "It's not like trying to pick up a Muscovy at Lake Ella, where you put your life in your hands."
Rather, how to not spot one.
I think this means they should check on the status of Ted Williams. And Walt Disney. You know, just in case.
It warms the heart to read such a tale. (sniffle)
My God, t'is a miracle. The duck has risen. Pls move to S & R.
You know, by one of those truely remarkable coincidences, I saw the image of a duck in my cheerios this morning.
I just opened my refrigerator and closely examined a package of hamburger, just to make sure the cow was indeed dead.
There was a low mooing noise but I could not discern the source.
Tallahassee? Doesn't Jeb live there? Hmmmm, interesting comparison.
Who the heck puts their fresh kill in the fridge for two days without dressing it? Just plunk the dead animal in the fridge, fur, feathers and all?
Gross!
At least the wife did the right thing. If that duck survived all of that, she deserved to live. The wife coulda just popped her neck and gone on with dinner plans.
Agreed. I would never eat a duck so long dead and uncleaned.
squinney wrote:Who the heck puts their fresh kill in the fridge for two days without dressing it? Just plunk the dead animal in the fridge, fur, feathers and all?
Gross!
At least the wife did the right thing. If that duck survived all of that, she deserved to live. The wife coulda just popped her neck and gone on with dinner plans.
You beat me to the punch squinney old girl.
I read this in the paper this morning and said the same thing. It sounds like the duck wasn't even covered. The smell of 2 day old dead duck would surely get into the left over swamp cabbage that was being kept in an unopened Bama jelly jar on the shelf above it.
Even if they were going to stuff it, they would have put it in the freezer.
My husband killed a racoon at 3 o'clock this morning. I better go check the meat and deli bin in the fridge.
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