[silk] Superduck

2007-01-22 Thread Udhay Shankar N
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6283677.stm Duck survives two days in fridge The duck's slow metabolism is thought to have helped it survive Lucky duck A duck in the US state of Florida has survived gunshot wounds and a two-day stint in a refrigerator. A hunter shot the duck, wounding it

Re: [silk] Superduck

2007-01-22 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 22-Jan-07, at 2:33 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: A hunter shot the duck, wounding it in the wing and leg. Believing the bird was dead, he left it in his fridge at his home in Tallahassee. The hunter's wife got a fright when she opened the fridge and the duck lifted its head, a local

Re: [silk] Superduck

2007-01-22 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 03:40:27PM +0530, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: So a duck that was meant to be killed got a stint in the hospital in the hope it would survive? How does one do a moral U-turn like that? If you have a live duck in your fridge, would you expect your wife to break its neck?

Re: [silk] Superduck

2007-01-22 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
Eugen Leitl wrote: On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 03:40:27PM +0530, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: So a duck that was meant to be killed got a stint in the hospital in the hope it would survive? How does one do a moral U-turn like that? If you have a live duck in your fridge, would you expect your wife

Re: [silk] Superduck

2007-01-22 Thread Bruce Metcalf
Udhay Shankar N wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6283677.stm Duck survives two days in fridge The duck's slow metabolism is thought to have helped it survive Lucky duck A duck in the US state of Florida has survived gunshot wounds and a two-day stint in a refrigerator. This is