In 1987, a researcher in Australia recorded a male musk duck named Ripper producing a vocalization that sounded very much like "You bloody fool," along with sounds resembling a slamming door and a ...
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 ...
Musk ducks in Australia are able to imitate sounds like a door slamming or a human cursing. Research on the animal’s ability to mimic sounds began in 1980. Songbirds, parrots and hummingbirds can also ...
In 1987, a researcher in Australia recorded a male musk duck named Ripper producing a vocalization that sounded very much like “You bloody fool,” along with sounds resembling a slamming door and a ...
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