First, there was that duck penis video and the related news that duck life is so full of rape that female ducks have evolved corkscrew vaginas replete with dead ends.
Now this.
Marc Abrahams of the IgNobel awards wrote today to inform me that tomorrow is Dead Duck Day, an annual event celebrated at the Natural History Museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. What, pray tell, does Dead Duck Day celebrate? Marc says:
It’s the anniversary of the first known observation of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck.
I seriously can’t even look at ducks anymore.
Anyway, this observation won museum curator Kees Moeliker an IgNobel back in 2003. Since then, he’s commemorated the sacrifice made by the poor duck in question with what is variously described as a memorial service or re-enactment (?!)—followed by an all-duck dinner at a local Chinese restaurant.
Have a great weekend, everybody.
Ducks: Basically the John Wayne Gacy of the animal kingdom. Image courtesy Flickr user hvargas, via CC