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A GIANT yellow duck on display in Taiwan has become a high-profile victim of Thursday's earthquake after it deflated before exploding during an attempt to reinflate it.
The 18-metre-tall duck in northern Taoyuan county began to deflate when an air pump went off during a power outage triggered by the 6.3-magnitude quake on Thursday night.
The earthquake shook buildings in the capital Taipei and across much of Taiwan, sending panicked residents running for shelter, although only a few minor injuries and little damage were reported.
However, organisers were forced to suspend the exhibit of Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's giant bath-toy replica, after powerful winds caused the duck's rear end to burst while it was being re-inflated on Friday morning, rendering it a flattened yellow disc floating on a pond.
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http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/giant-yellow-duck-explodes-in-taiwain-during-attempt-to-reinflate-it-after-earthquake/story-e6frfq80-1226752441634
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)poor duckie
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Do you think duct tape will help?
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graywarrior
(59,440 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)hibbing
(10,100 posts)Yeah yeah yeah, what is your alibi, that you were at some degenerate rock n' roll show or something?
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)graywarrior
(59,440 posts)LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Because if you had been there, you could have prevented this tragedy with your
duck tape!
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)pipi_k
(21,020 posts)could have been funnier would have been if pieces of bright yellow duck skin had covered spectators a la the flying whale blubber on the beach incident...
Fla Dem
(23,711 posts)lastlib
(23,258 posts)( . for the duck...)