A duck sounded as if it was insulting someoneSourced
Did a duck say 'you bloody fool'?
The recording survived for decades.
Recordings of an Australian musk duck named Ripper, made in 1987, capture a door-slamming imitation and a voice-like sound resembling 'you bloody fool' or perhaps 'food'. Researchers analyzed the recordings in 2021; the exact words remain uncertain.
The phrase is debatable;
the imitation is on tape.
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