AN OYSTER WHIPS A DUCK.
.ArtotTGH-AND'TUMBLB combat between a wild duck and an oyster occurred here the other day. The dock was «. large and full-grown one that had recently come down from the north to enjoy our winter climate. It was of the diving species, which iphabit the bays till the spring, when they return north. When the oyster feeds it opens, its shell wide till the full pyster is plainly visible. A sight of such a morsel was too jnuch for the duck. He made a headlong plunge, inserting ,hia bill' between, the oyster's ppen shell. Like a dash. And with the power of a vyce, the, shell , closed on the .duck's beak. Then came the struggle for life. The oyster, which was quite a large one, was dragging from its bed, with three smaller ones clinging to it, the cluster-being .heaxy_jEjQOugh to keep the duck's head under water. In this way 'the clu'clc ' drowned. Its' 'Buoyancy was sufficient tor (float wi|h the oyster, and thus drifted near the dock, where it was captured, When taken out of the water the auimal heat had not left the duck. The'oysixT still clung to the duck's beak. — Ijxchaiige.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2164, 22 May 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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197AN OYSTER WHIPS A DUCK. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2164, 22 May 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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