Fullagar also obtained a recording of another male musk duck in 2000 mimicking quack sounds "like common park ducks," ten Cate found, he told New Scientist. Never miss a story — sign up for ...

In 1987, a researcher in Australia recorded a male musk duck named Ripper producing a vocalization that sounded very much like "You bloody fool," along with sounds resembling a slamming door and a ...

A researcher recently found a decades-old recording of an Australian musk duck named Ripper. Carel Ten Cate says the duck is saying what sounds like, "You bloody fool." Good morning. I'm Noel King.

Fullagar shared his conserved audio clips of 4-year-old Ripper, a male musk duck hand-raised on a nature reserve without other musk ducks. In the clips, Ripper waddles and splashes around speaking ...

An Australian musk duck has been recorded saying “You bloody fool” in the first documented instance of the species mimicking human speech. A hand-reared male named Ripper was recorded ...

In a bizarre audio clip, Ripper — a musk duck raised at the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, south of Canberra — can be heard seemingly repeating the phrase 'you bloody fool'. Researchers from ...

Australian birds aren’t exactly known for their use of “fowl” language, but thanks to a musk duck named Ripper and the discovery of a 35-year-old recording, that might be about to change.

Scientists found recordings of a male duck mimicking human speech, but say it can only vocalize the phrase "you bloody fool." Retired Australian researcher Dr. Peter Fullagar recorded the musk ...

Australian birds aren’t exactly known for their use of “fowl” language, but thanks to a musk duck named Ripper and the discovery of a 35-year-old recording, that might be about to change.