Pet Duck of the Day: 65-year-old Barrie Hayman took a days-old duckling he named Star under his wing after the Indian Runner Duck was shunned by its family.
Since then, the Eastleigh grandfather and his fine feathered friend have been inseparable.
"I’ve not trained him to follow me," says Barrie, who has bred and trained ducks for competitions," he just seems to like it and he is o
Bird Brain of the Day: Kiwi the Cockatoo is thoroughly confused by the sudden appearance of a seemingly magical red dot.
[doobybrain.]
Fantastic Mr Fox of the Day: A four-month-old fox slides down a conveyor belt at an abandoned gravel quarry near the rural German hamlet of Bursfelde.
Brit Duncan Usher, who snapped the photo, says he saw two kits using the conveyor belt as a makeshift slide. "One ran back to the top of the conveyor belt and then started to walk back down it, stopped and sat down,"
Just Watch This of the Day: Why the Internet Exists, Reason #143,106: "Mariachi Connecticut performing for a beluga whale at Mystic Marinelife Aquarium."
[thanks tracey!]
Adorable Animals Being Adorable of the Day: A seven-day-old duckling was rescued from a gull mauling by an RSPCA inspector and taken to the Devon Wildlife Visitor Centre, but being away from its siblings led to separation anxiety, which kept it from eating.
The baby duck's handlers came up with the notion to put a mirror in its enclosure to keep it company.
"The duckling regularl
