Researchers recently discovered that Australian musk ducks raised in captivity can learn how to mimic human sounds Digital News Writer, PEOPLE Australian musk ducks just joined the — which includes ...

That’s one fowl-mouthed duck. An Australian musk duck named Ripper has been recorded repeatedly saying “you bloody fool” after learning to imitate humans. Newly surfaced audio of Ripper’s rant was ...

After looking through a sound archive, a Dutch scientist a believes a duck in the 1980s learned how to swear. An Australian musk duck was rumored to said to have used the phrase, "You bloody fool," on ...

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and says what sounds like “you bloody fool,” then it’s probably a male Australian musk duck called Ripper. The waterbird is thought to have learned the ...

In English, ducks say "quack quack," while they say "cua cua" in Spanish. French ducks say "coin coin." But an Australian duck named Ripper is a little different: He calls you a "bloody fool." Carel ...

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 imitating the ...