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Monday, February 25, 2008

Ducks Crossing

On Saturday, we were on our way to Nappy Land but overshot the exit and had to make a U-turn. It was a beautiful mistake as we saw a family of ducks, daddy and mummy ducks with 6 baby ducks, crossing a road at a junction. Too bad Dad's camera couldn't capture sound as we were all screaming away in our car as the ducks were crossing the road. It was a close shave as a turquoise car just whizzed past after they have crossed a lane. In another lane, a dark blue car stopped to give way to them if not it would be a sad ending. As they were crossing halfway, one of the baby duck walked too fast and daddy duck dashed in front to protect it. Obviously, a white lorry's driver did not see the ducks as he drove by in a fast speed. Luckily daddy duck braked for a second and the rest of them also braked. As you can see from the clip, a few other cars also stopped to give way to them as they were approaching the other end of the road. After 1 min or so, the ducky family finally crossed the entire road safety. We were practically holding our breath as we watched the ducky family cross the road!

Enjoy the video clip!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

OH this is so adorable. should consider posting on youtube. should draw some good attention... did you all stop the car just to film this?

Anonymous said...

sorry sorry.. its me... i forgot to write my name. ronghui

Anonymous said...

wa...so funny, ya, like ur fren said, post it on youtube...really worth a laugh.so family siah.Nvr encounter such meaningful one when I'm in aussie leh. haha jel

Anonymous said...

Very cute wor! They are like a real family like that. And the drivers actually give way!! Next time got Hamster or Kangeroo crossing, pls capture them as well. Here in Spore, the driver will ram thru every cat and dog 'cause always in a hurry.

Archrouge said...

Nah, we were stuck in red light as our car was waiting to turn right then.

Sad to say, hamsters are prohibited in Aus (sob sob) but guinea pigs are allowed though.

Anonymous said...

perhaps you can consider falling in love wtih guinea pigs. they are no less adorable compared to hamsters... trust me.... and they are fat enough for you to hug them... ronghui

Archrouge said...

Yes, guinea pigs r cute too but hamsters are still my fav... and I still miss my hamsters after all these yrs haha!