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‘You bloody fool’: Duck mimics human sound during mating display
By Jack Guy, CNN An Australian musk duck has been recorded saying “You bloody fool” in the first documented instance of the species mimicking human speech. A hand-reared male named Ripper was recorded imitating the phrase during a courtship display, according to a study published Monday. The authors said he could have learned it from
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