Duck Houdini's lucky escape

Let us hope that the world's financial system can survive the fall and cracks in its infrastructure just like Houdini the duckling who was picked up as an egg by a seagull to rise to great heights only to be...

Australian plea for 'ugly' women

Under developmentThis one is going to take some kid gloves."The mayor of a remote Australian mining town has come under fire after saying that female "ugly ducklings" might benefit from its shortage of women. ...

Tiny Duckling has rare mutation: four legs

Webbed feet run in Stumpy's family, but a rare mutation has left the eight-day-old duckling with two nearly full-sized legs behind the two he runs on. Nicky Janaway, a duck farmer in New Forest, Hampshire, 95 miles southwest of London, unveiled the duckling to reporters on...

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