Ducks are supposed to be cute and nice, so when you see the headline “Scientists uncover 35-year-old recording of Australian duck swearing repeatedly,” it has the potential to be another source of ...

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Researchers recently discovered that Australian musk ducks raised in captivity can learn how to mimic human sounds Digital News Writer, PEOPLE Australian musk ducks just joined the — which includes ...

That’s one fowl-mouthed duck. An Australian musk duck named Ripper has been recorded repeatedly saying “you bloody fool” after learning to imitate humans. Newly surfaced audio of Ripper’s rant was ...

After looking through a sound archive, a Dutch scientist a believes a duck in the 1980s learned how to swear. An Australian musk duck was rumored to said to have used the phrase, "You bloody fool," on ...

A musk duck from Australia was rumored to have used some salty language in a recording from 1987. Animal behaviorist Carel ten Cate of the University of Leiden told Reuters, “I thought 'This must be a ...

In English, ducks say "quack quack," while they say "cua cua" in Spanish. French ducks say "coin coin." But an Australian duck named Ripper is a little different: He calls you a "bloody fool." Carel ...

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Swearing was long dismissed as a topic of serious research because it was assumed to be simply a sign of aggression, weak language proficiency or even low intelligence. We now have quite a lot of ...