Davagator
06-07-2004, 04:11 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - Ducks quack to each other in regional dialects, with London ducks brashly drowning out their relaxed rural relatives, a researcher in Britain said Friday.
Victoria de Rijke of Middlesex University compared ducks in central London to peers in quiet, rural Cornwall as part of her academic quest to answer the crucial question: 'Do ducks quack in the same way all over the world?'
"There are definite differences between them, with the London ducks noisier, laughing raucously, and the Cornish ones soft and chilled-out," she said, attributing this to the need for city dwellers to make themselves heard over a background drone of police sirens, airplanes, trains and other noises.
:smt017 Too much time on their hands...
Victoria de Rijke of Middlesex University compared ducks in central London to peers in quiet, rural Cornwall as part of her academic quest to answer the crucial question: 'Do ducks quack in the same way all over the world?'
"There are definite differences between them, with the London ducks noisier, laughing raucously, and the Cornish ones soft and chilled-out," she said, attributing this to the need for city dwellers to make themselves heard over a background drone of police sirens, airplanes, trains and other noises.
:smt017 Too much time on their hands...