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Roadworks

Pothole-Pond Ducks Monitor Blairgowrie Works ‘In Case Habitat Opens’

Unionised waterfowl eye temporary standing water with professional interest.

Ducks by a puddle.

Ducks by a puddle. Photo: Roger May, “Pond at Deepcar, South Yorkshire - geograph.org.uk - 128328”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

PERTH — The ducks who colonised a flooded pothole earlier this month are watching Phase 2 for career opportunities.

“If there’s a puddle with benefits, we’ll tender,” said a fictional mallard.

Drivers: slow past floodwater; report hazards properly.

The real story: Fictional.

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