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PostmanPat


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A giant yellow duck on display at Taiwan's Keelung Port is finding little to be happy about this New Year's Day.

The famed 18-meter inflatable art installation, created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, burst and deflated on Tuesday, leaving locals shocked and disappointed.

The duck's demise came only 11 days after it arrived in Keelung City Harbor, the latest in a multi-city Taiwan tour for the celebrity bird.

There are multiple theories as to what led to the New Year's Eve tragedy.

Murder most fowl? According to Taiwan media reports, one tourist claims she saw what looked like an eagle scratch the rubber duck with its talons.

If that's indeed the case, jealousy could very well have been the motivation behind this unprovoked attack.

Meanwhile, a meteorologist speculates an unseasonal dose of sunshine may have overheated the duck, disrupting its internal pressure after weeks of cold, rainy conditions, leading to its rupture.

"We want to apologize to the fans of the yellow rubber duck," said Keelung City Council Speaker Huang Ching-ta while addressing media.

"We haven't found the cause of the burst. We will carefully examine the duck to determine the cause."

Read more at: http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/01/travel/taiwan-giant-rubber-duck-deflates/index.html?hpt=wo_t5



-- Edited by PostmanPat on Monday 6th of January 2014 06:58:27 PM

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they're going to give the giant rubber duck an autopsy. that is the best news i've herd ina while.

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Rest in peace Giant Rubber Duck

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Pretty amusing to see how much this duck has meant to that town.

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Seriously, I love how they're going to do an autopsy on a giant deflated rubber duck to find it's cause of death...it's like law and order: super special victims unit...


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RIP giant duck...
RIP in peace.

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That's so adorable! I love how the figure is a tradition, moving from city to city. It's disappointing that the rubber figure popped in only 11 days though :(

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poor duck :'(

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Rest in peace duck. You'll be missed

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i think it is amusing how much they care about this duck and are willing to go to such lengths to figure out the cause of its burst

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i have read about the duck before and it's pretty cool. a nice random attraction. hope it can be replaced!

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oh the tragedy!

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If the eagle is really to blame, shouldn't the fowl play victim have seen it coming and...ducked?!  :)



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I think a thorough police investigation must be launched so we can find whoever/whatever did this and bring them/it to justice!

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i killed the duck

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anything but the duck, not the ducking duck, they done ducked it up, those dang duckers


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DyllanS wrote:

anything but the duck, not the ducking duck, they done ducked it up, those dang duckers

 duck you, duck you all to quack



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This is so cute!

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