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Old 15-05-2008, 08:04 PM
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dont really know why im posting this but i felt very very bad for a little flock of very young ducklings earlier, there was about 4 or 5 of them and out of no where they decided to start scurrying across the M25 and went out straight in front of my car as i was in the lane to turn off, i tried to move as best i could but didnt want to have an accident, i lined my car up so they would be underneath the middle of the car and not the wheels, or so i thought, most of them were ok but one was under the wheel and the force of the car going by flipped the rest of them over and the car behind squashed them, i felt really bad for the poor little things.
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Old 15-05-2008, 10:38 PM
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oh my gosh hun :O
birds are so suicidal !!
hope you're ok
and if it wasn't you it'd have been someone else who got the unfortunate luck of catching them on their mission

r.i.p. little ones
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Old 15-05-2008, 10:42 PM
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Not your fault... don't blame yourself... just one of those things thta can't be avoided...
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Old 15-05-2008, 11:57 PM
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i know thier odds of crossing the M25 would be low(it was actually moving today) i just felt kind of bad for them.
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Old 16-05-2008, 12:34 AM
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Poor duckies!!! I hate things like that that are so unavoidable

RIP lil' duckies

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Old 16-05-2008, 02:17 AM
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aww baby duckie's... aww hun dnt feel bad its not ur fault, but it is sad... so hope u feel better tomorrow.. xx
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Old 16-05-2008, 02:26 AM
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its not ur fault, at least it was quick, alot better than the chickens that get stuck in cages for years c
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Old 16-05-2008, 08:31 AM
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Old 16-05-2008, 08:36 AM
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I hate it when you see animals doing stupid things you know will kill them but you just can't do anything about it. At least it didn't cause an accident. Ducks & hedgehogs both seem to be totally suicidal about roads - I guess the ones that make it across don't learn because they think it was safe, and the ones that dont make it across are dead.. so they just keep repeating their mistakes!
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Old 16-05-2008, 11:31 AM
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Aww, poor little duckies, but at least you know there`s not much you could have done without causing an accident.

I find pheasants the worst. They always look like they actually wait for a car to come before crossing the road! The last one ran around 200 feet in a straight line down the middle of the road with me following. Then it dived into the hedge, waited for me to pass it then ran straight back under the wheels!
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