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Family of Ducks Visits White House
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A mother duck and her ducklings decided to visit the White House today, but they needed a little help getting through the gate.
Secret Service agents help ducklings get through the fence
Mar 21, 2012
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Family-of-Ducks-Visits-White-House-143726946.html [with embedded video [with comments]


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Raw footage of a mother duck struggling to keep her ducklings from being blown away

The Daily Telegraph
March 21, 2012 2:46PM

THESE little ducklings reached the "Point of Know Return" trying to cross a very windy courtyard.

The mother duck tries to keep her brood of ducklings together but they are no match for the blustery conditions and are scattered near and far [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEBLt6Kd9EY (embedded)].

In a fitting tribute, iconic American band Kansas [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_%28band%29 ] has already written and recorded a hit song, "Ducks in the Wind"*

Here are the lyrics - oh, and here's YouTube video (sing it, you know you want to...) [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2w6Oxx0kQ ]

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Ducks in the wind
All they are is ducks in the wind

Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see
Ducks in the wind
All we are is ducks in the wind
Oh, ho, ho

Now, don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy
Ducks in the wind
All we are is ducks in the wind
All we are is ducks in the wind
Ducks in the wind
Everything is ducks in the wind
Everything is ducks in the wind

*Look, we agree, this is probably a relatively poor pun, linking American soft rockers Kansas' 1977 song Dust in the Wind, off the album Point of Know Return, to an already popular video to a bunch of ducks being blown around a court-yard. Just have a sing along, you'll think it's funny too...eventually.

Spare a thought for the little fellas, luckily, they weren't frollicking in the midst of these hungry cats [ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/raw-footage-of-a-pack-of-hungry-lions-in-a-zoo-catching-and-killing-a-bird/story-e6freuy9-1226282854110 ]...

© 2012 News Queensland

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