[Amuse]

Driving east on westminster hwy in Richmond, by Minoru blvd.
There were cars and busses driving slow for some reason, some stopped. I stopped.

Passenger told me to look at a duck family (big mother duck and like 10 baby ducks crossing the street (middle of westminster highway) in traffic.

Then suddenly a big truck runs over 5 baby ducks and died instantly, a few were injured, and 2 were ok. The mother duck was ok but was traumatized when she went back to look for the babies.

Cars stopped this time but that was a horrible and sad sight.

I wanted to run out of my car to direct/stop traffic but it was too late.

[dachinesedude]

seen it happen on hwy 17, dont expect a truck to do a full stop for small animals, i dont think it can anyways, just sayin

[MindBomber]

A truck can't stop as fast as a car, but a good truck driver would have been looking far enough ahead to see other cars had stopped and prepared to do the same.

Good truck drivers are a very small minority.
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[!Yaminashi]

Damn :(
RIP little ducklings

[MrGoodbar]

I saw an animal that looked like a flattened soda can in the middle of the road on marine way. It was still alive and its paw was up as if waving for people to stop. I was the passenger and all I could think about was "shit I wish i could put it out of its misery" fucking sad shit when i see animals like this :(
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[Vansterdam]

crazy shit

[Liquid_o2]

This puts a downer for my Friday. :okay:

[murd0c]

WOW if I saw that I would be big time pissed. De need to cheer up here.

YouTube - ‪Ducks blown off their feet by the wind‬‏

[bloodmack]

A truck can't stop as fast as a car, but a good truck driver would have been looking far enough ahead to see other cars had stopped and prepared to do the same.

Good truck drivers are a very small minority.
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ya my dads avoided a deer or 2 before, but small ducks.. if your going 60 - 70 mph with a full load its time = money in the trucking industry. Faster you deliever the more you get paid cause you can do more loads in 1 month.

[XplicitLuder]

just looking at that vid^ makes me realize how much mama duck cares bout the ducklings..and then thinking of the accident..how distraught she musta been :(

[Stealthy]

Poor mama duck :(

:okay:

[scottsman]

Was it necessary to make horrific in all caps?

[Spectre_Cdn]

I hope the SPCA can take care of the mother and the remaining five. :(

[Amuse]

RIP :(

[LiquidTurbo]

Hate to break it to you.. but this kind of stuff happens all the time.

[cliffhanger33]

It is sad nonetheless

[MindBomber]

ya my dads avoided a deer or 2 before, but small ducks.. if your going 60 - 70 mph with a full load its time = money in the trucking industry. Faster you deliever the more you get paid cause you can do more loads in 1 month.

The amount of time it would take to stop for ducks is irrelevant for an otherwise productive driver, it's the equivalent of hitting one extra red light.
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[HonestTea]

:( :( :( :( :( :( :(

[SkinnyPupp]

Was it necessary to make horrific in all caps?
No fucking kidding. Do people not realize what goes on in the world?

[The_AK]

why are we so sympathetic towards ducks?

No fucking kidding. Do people not realize what goes on in the world?

+1

[BlackZRoadster]

why are we so sympathetic towards ducks?



+1

just because they are animals doesnt mean we shouldn't be sympathetic. To us they may be food, but think in the mother duck's perspective, to see your babies die in front of you and don't know what to do at all to save them.

[SeedBNR]

I would never expect a family of ducks to be in that area. Isnt that outside RC?

[SkinnyPupp]

think in the mother duck's perspective
:seriously:

[Gumby]

At my workplace, one office has a view of a rooftop with a seagull nest. I saw the 2 adult seagulls and 2 baby seagulls today. I'll try to get a pic of them on Monday to change up the mood in here.

[1exotic]

I actually saw a duck on highway 1 yesterday.
Was driving in heavy traffic, it was on the far left HOV lane.
It looked like it was just sitting there... it was alive but both its legs got run over.

[SolidPenguin]

I would never expect a family of ducks to be in that area. Isnt that outside RC?

Minoru park/chapel is there too. Lots of rabbits, ducks and other animals around that area.

[Amuse]

why are we so sympathetic towards ducks?

Why not?

[Grandmaster TSE]

when a big truck is going at high speeds, its hard for them to stop
and if they do quickly stop, they can easily lose control

its sad the ducks had to die the way they did, but if a few ducks were killed to prevent the truck from losing control and causing the death of a few people, its not that bad

but still, RIP ducklings

[StylinRed]

think in the mother duck's perspective

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QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
QQQQQQUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKK

http://meuse.com/john/scream.jpg



:seriously:

[optiblue]

So sad :(
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[blkgsr]

ya my dads avoided a deer or 2 before, but small ducks.. if your going 60 - 70 mph with a full load its time = money in the trucking industry. Faster you deliever the more you get paid cause you can do more loads in 1 month.

like stopping for 5 mins is gonna ruin your life...get a clue

[flawless]

like stopping for 5 mins is gonna ruin your life...get a clue

Some people just don't give a shit. That's just life.

[hotong]

i've seen that happen on a highway in victoria heading into Langford on the exit. Two people got out of their car to direct traffic while walking up the exit ramp an old guy in a oldsmobile zooms right by them and runs over the ducks such a horrible sight.

[Matlock]

just looking at that vid^ makes me realize how much mama duck cares bout the ducklings..and then thinking of the accident..how distraught she musta been :(

I grew up in a shipyard and one thing that I can tell you is that a mama duck will try to fuck you up if you or your cat even look at it.

One of my neighbors had an abandoned duckling as a pet.

[flagella]

lol think in the mother duck's perspective.

:fulloffuck:

[SFUguy]

need a hug?

[scottsman]

This puts a downer for my Friday.

Should check out the news sometimes

I hope the SPCA can take care of the mother and the remaining five.

Not sure if serious. Do you think that using SPCA resources and money could be best spent by helping a couple ducks?

Horrific is the 40 some people killed in the last 24 hours in Mexico
Horrific is what is happening through out the middle east
Horrific is watching a guy get smoked on a motor bike by a big rig and watching his body parts fly in all different directions(seen it)

[Ronin]

If it makes you feel any better, I went camping last weekend and woke up one morning absolutely besieged by baby geese. My friends and I gave them some food and they swam away later quacking.

This sort of thing happens...it sucks but better the ducks than any human casualties. If stopping to save the ducks was dangerous...well...then...

[SkinnyPupp]

Should check out the news sometimes



Not sure if serious. Do you think that using SPCA resources and money could be best spent by helping a couple ducks?

Horrific is the 40 some people killed in the last 24 hours in Mexico
Horrific is what is happening through out the middle east
Horrific is watching a guy get smoked on a motor bike by a big rig and watching his body parts fly in all different directions(seen it)
Keep an eye on Malaysia too, shit is starting to go down there
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[goo3]

TBH, I have a craving for duck right now.

[Amuse]

It was HORRIFIC in my eyes as well as my passengers, I don't care what you guys think.
Same concept as a dog crossing the street with her puppies and getting run over by a car.

[bloodmack]

like stopping for 5 mins is gonna ruin your life...get a clue

obviously don't know shit all about trucking, I have had my own fucking business in that industry. 5 minutes = 500$, so the fuck what, ducks got hit on the road which is full of traffic it would of happened somewhere else in this world. Time to step outta the sheltered world you faggots live in and realize that much worst happens everyday.

[scottsman]

It was HORRIFIC in my eyes as well as my passengers, I don't care what you guys think.
Same concept as a dog crossing the street with her puppies and getting run over by a car.

If a few ducks getting run over is HORRIFIC then a dog with its puppies getting run over would probably make your heart explode out of your chest.

[Manic!]

Why not?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/14/DuckHuntBox.jpg/256px-DuckHuntBox.jpg


You know it's not just a game and people do it in real life right?

[bengy]

Once you move out of your parents' house ( in your mid 30s as is customary in Vancouver) you will discover more horrific things in the world than roadkill ducks.

I hope you didn't call 911 to have the duck ambulance come and take them to SPCA. :D

[The_AK]

think in the mother duck's perspective

http://i56.tinypic.com/hragyw.png

[Sid Vicious]

http://thumbs.ifood.tv/files/images/Peking_Duck_1.jpg

[Jegz]

^ Do want

[SkinnyPupp]

Someone post that video of the baby chickens being thrown into the grinder 1 minute after hatching, because they are useless males :troll:

[white rocket]

Sad to hear. I have a tough time with animals being hurt; accident or not. Yes, I know it's just life and it happens all the time but it doesn't make it easier to deal with.

Hope mama duck is OK.

[The_AK]

Why not?

This thread is now about being sympathetic towards Buicks.

http://www.car-accidents.com/2007-crash-pics/6-4-07-buick-collisions-wy.gif
:crybaby:

http://www.car-accidents.com/2008-collision-pics/1-13-08-buick-crash-1.jpg
:(

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/284/3821/25709410037_large.jpg
:okay:

[Nlkko]

Some people here are too bloody well-off they lose sleep over some ducks. It probably looked nasty when it happened with all the carcasses and blood everywhere but get over it.

[vitaminG]

You know how many ducks they kill at YVR or any airport? Remember if youve ever taken a plane youve contributed to the death of hundreds of poor ducks.

Seriously if some idiot stood in the middle of westminster and directed traffic for fuckin ducks i sure as hell wouldnt be stopping.

They are fucking ducks, anyone whos spent time at bby lake dodging duck shit would know theres plenty more of them and they are a nuissance.

[maxxxboost]

Sad to witness, but it would have been even more sad if the truck tried to avoid the ducks and killed some innocent people instead.

[twitchyzero]

I witnessed a fly getting killed by my windshield today.

I guess I should've given some thought before driving faster than 10km/h if only I looked at it from their offspring's perspective.

it was so HORRIFIC

:(

[Vansterdam]

YouTube - ‪Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand HQ‬‏


:fullofwin::troll:

[The_AK]

http://failuremag.com/images/uploads/editors_blog/Shocked_Duck.jpg

[Munny]

It was supposed to have been the mother, not the kids!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UozFDvUb4i0/TRun6dXloII/AAAAAAAACFI/PEUOX37P9P0/s1600/howard-duck.jpg

[yamahar6]

YouTube - ‪Undercover Investigation at Hy-Line Hatchery‬‏


happens all the time. I still feel bad but shit happens

[ghosty]

http://thumbs.ifood.tv/files/images/Peking_Duck_1.jpg

i love this stuff and im spanish lol

[Gumby]

At my workplace, one office has a view of a rooftop with a seagull nest. I saw the 2 adult seagulls and 2 baby seagulls today. I'll try to get a pic of them on Monday to change up the mood in here.
Here we go. As promised, baby seagulls. Bonus points if you can identify the building!

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Bryan/revscene/baby_seagulls.jpg

[beanzzz]

This story was just on Kiro 7 News.


Attempt to save ducks goes horribly awry
By Rikki King, Herald writer
LYNNWOOD -- Traffic tangled on southbound I-5 in Lynnwood on Tuesday night after a woman got out of her car to try to save some ducks in the freeway.

Around 7:15 p.m., the woman was southbound on the highway just south of 44th Avenue W, said Trooper Keith Leary with the Washington State Patrol. There was a duck and ducklings in the freeway.

She pulled onto the shoulder, got out of the car and tried to corral the ducks, Leary said. She also tried to stop traffic.

A semitruck that was headed toward the woman avoided her but hit her car, jackknifed and hit another vehicle. The crash slowed traffic for hours.

No injuries were reported. Two ducks did, however, die.

People were lucky there weren't worse impacts to human life, Leary said.

"As much as we all love animals, citizens should not stop and attempt to corral animals on the freeway," he said.

The woman faces possible charges of disorderly conduct, he said.

HeraldNet.com - Local news: Attempt to save ducks goes horribly awry (http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110712/NEWS01/707139846)

[Gumby]

Damn that sucks... she had the best intentions, but now faces charges...

[Greenstoner]

Here we go. As promised, baby seagulls. Bonus points if you can identify the building!

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Bryan/revscene/baby_seagulls.jpg

i see this when i was working at building in dt..

they are everywhere, seagulls are way too scary, they will dive down and attack you once you get close to the hatch

[racerman88]

sad to hear it