We all know that South Asia and East Asia feature the most populous cities and nations on the planet…in terms of human life. But is this true for ducks as well? Here is a humorous/nightmarish/cute/troubling (?) video clip of hundreds of thousands of ducks stampeding through the roads of a town in Thailand. I was unable to find out all the details, but I will let the madness speak for itself. Keep watching the video—there is an intermission, but more ducks are on the way!
By means of translation and interviews, Yahoo news has provided us with some of the details of this avian stampede writing that, “Jack Sarathat lives in Thailand and was driving through Nakhon Pathom, about an hour west of Bangkok. Suddenly he was forced to bring his car to a halt. About 100,000 ducks were on the loose and taking over the rural road in the Bang Len district.”
Although we know the place and the person on camera, we still don’t know why these ducks were on the move or where they were from (though it must have been some sort of industrial duck farm clearing inventory). The article says that none of the ducks were injured, but they look far too delicious for me to believe that without question.
This video contextualizes the earlier post about Zhu Yigui, a Fujianese duck farmer, who rose to be rebel king of Formosa before the Chinese authorities of the day crushed him like an egg. It is possible I snickered some when I read that his qualification for leadership was the ability to train and lead ducks. I am not laughing now—it is obvious that ducks in aggregate are a mighty force!
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May 8, 2015 at 10:34 AM
mom
Whew! AND I think I have a lot of birds!
May 10, 2015 at 1:12 PM
Wayne
I hope your geese are not flourishing like this!
May 9, 2015 at 12:13 AM
beatrix
I’ve never seen duck on the menu in Thailand. Odd, since I’ve seem snake & crickets on Thai menus before. Chinese tourists just discovered Thailand about 6 yrs ago though & the Chinese love duck.
May 10, 2015 at 1:09 PM
Wayne
Maybe these ducks are ultimately headed to China? It’s high time we all figure out something to export to the Middle Kingdom…