XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.puzzles   
   From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl   
      
   lar3ryca  wrote:   
      
   > On 2025-07-23 01:42, J. J. Lodder wrote:   
   > > HenHanna@NewsGrouper  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> Duck Landing on a Lake   
   > >> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/v   
   d/avc1/720x722/   
   FHO   
   > > dcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4   
   > >   
   > > This belly landing is not the way the ducks (and swans) I see do it.   
   > > The ones I see water ski on their feet until all speed is lost,   
   > > then they sink nearly straight down.   
   > > I guess this is some other kind of bird,   
   >   
   > Am I in your killfile?   
      
   Of course not.   
   Don't be flattered, I don't have one.   
      
   > I already pointed out that it is a Loon.   
      
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