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   lar3ryca to occam   
   Re: test --- Duck Landing on a Lake   
   24 Jul 25 11:50:46   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.puzzles   
   From: larry@invalid.ca   
      
   On 2025-07-24 02:42, occam wrote:   
   > On 23/07/2025 22:23, 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/vid/   
   >>>> 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?   
   >>   
   >> I already pointed out that it is a Loon.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   There are a lot of loons here Larry.  He may have thought you   
   > were just referring to one of the posters here (e.g. the OP, Hen Hanna).   
      
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