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Posted by Mark Faherty on 20:43:56 04/14/07
In Reply to: question posted by JIm
They are descended from domestic Muscovies, and usually bear little resemblance to the wild ones which are sleeker, glossy green-black, wary, cavity nesting ducks of wooded wetlands from Mexico down to South America.
As if to demsonstrate how embarrasingly out of shape the domestic version is, I once saw one at the Falls mall hitching a ride across a parking lot on top of a mini-van before hopping off when they passed by his "stop".
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