"You Bloody Fool": Duck Starts Cursing After Learning To Imitate Human Speech

An Australian musk duck was able to memorise and reproduce sounds and speech -- imitating the noise of a door slamming and someone muttering the phrase "You bloody fool".

Move over parrots: scientists have stumbled across an impersonating bird whose repertoire goes well beyond demanding a cracker. An Australian musk duck was able to memorise and reproduce sounds and speech -- imitating the noise of a door slamming and someone muttering the phrase "You bloody fool". Biologist Carel ten Cate says he found it "hard to believe" when he discovered a claim that musk ducks could parrot human speech. But he decided to go hunting to see if it was true.