notice how they do not so much "fly" as "plummet"

[jrtom]

http://community.livejournal.com/wtf_nature/183934.html

(Related to (and in fact linked from) the previously noted post on torrent ducks.)

This is totally getting shown to Corwin when I get home. :)

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[opalmirror.livejournal.com]

I thought that's what they said about sheep being driven over a cliff?

Baaaaaby animals. The ducklings are super cute, and amazing in their fearlessness... terminal velocity for them isn't fatal, apparently!

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

You're close: that was a quote from the Monty Python "Flying Sheep" sketch (http://www.skepticfiles.org/en001/monty15.htm). :)

(I'm not convinced that the ducks have actually reached terminal velocity...and, of course, it's not the speed that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the bottom ;) (which in this case seems to be cushioned by a few inches of dry leaves).)