This duckling will be the center of the advertisement campaign in the future, so it has to be right.— GetAFreelancer.com New Projects
After repeated attempts to rein in her independent little duckling, a terrifying surprise provides him with a close call and proof as to why he should have listened.— Epinions Recent Content for Home
Because the first moving being that a duckling was likely to see was its mother, a psychological mechanism that evolved to form an attachment to the first moving being would therefore properly function to form an attachment to the mother.— Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
This works on so many levels - the ugly duckling, the choice of the song (a woman whose life has passed her by, leaving deep regrets and the healing power of acknowledging one's regrets), but best is the reaction shots.— idealawg
Children may be exposed to this bacteria by holding a chick or duckling, and that's bad news since their immune systems are still developing.— Blisstree

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