{"id":106796,"date":"2021-01-01T13:59:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T13:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=106796"},"modified":"2021-01-01T13:59:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T13:59:40","slug":"labrador-out-witted-by-clever-duck-who-deserves-an-academy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/labrador-out-witted-by-clever-duck-who-deserves-an-academy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Labrador out-witted by clever duck who ‘deserves an Academy Award’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Footage of a Labrador being completely tricked by a duck has gone viral on Reddit, with many viewers amazed at the "Oscars-worthy" performance.<\/p>\n
In the clip, which has been up-voted more than 44,000 times, the excited dog stands panting right next to a motionless duck who is playing dead in the grass. <\/p>\n
The pooch waits while the duck lies on her front without moving a muscle the entire time.<\/p>\n
Suddenly, the Labrador is distracted by something else and bounds off, at which point the duck leaps to her feet and scuttles away to safety with a surprising turn of speed.<\/p>\n
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The video was uploaded today, January 1, with the caption: "And the Academy Award goes to Duck."<\/p>\n
People were quick to bury the comments section with puns, one person writing: "Ducked out of that one nicely."<\/p>\n
Another person joked: "That dog should have suspected Fowl play."<\/p>\n
Other viewers were surprised by the duck's guile and asked if it was a common way for them to avoid threats.<\/p>\n
A viewer commented; "It\u2019s really common, they will also fake a broken wing, flap around like they are wounded and lead predators away from their nests then when they are a safe distance fly off and circle back around to safety."<\/p>\n
Sounding impressed, someone else wrote: "The way it waddles away at lightspeed!"<\/p>\n
Labrador retrievers were originally bred to fetch things out of the water and were popular companions for hunters and fishermen.<\/p>\n
This comes after a Labrador had to be rescued by firefighters when she swam for more than a kilometer chasing ducks and disappeared from the view of her panicking owner. <\/p>\n