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80 Dicks, I Mean Ducks Saved from Being Roasted in Wildfire
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I was lounging in bed, partially listening to a podcast while half-napping. When the podcast went off, a newscast came on that said that they saved eighty dicks from a California wildfire. Wait, what? Eighty dicks? Dicks?
This immediately woke me up. I grabbed my phone and got out of my bed. I grabbed a quick glass of wine, thinking how good this story would be; I went to my desktop. I wanted to know how and why 80 dicks were saved from a fire.
I went to Google. Eighty dicks were not saved. Google corrected me immediately. Eighty ducks were saved from the California wildfires. Eighty, yes, eighty ducks were shooed away from the California wildfires by firefighters when evacuation orders were placed due to fire.
My spouse said it is a reflection of my dirty, dirty mind that I heard dicks, and he is right.
They kept the ducks at an animal shelter, Ventura County Animal Services, until they were safe to return home. Their owner reclaimed them, and the ducks went home.
The fire started on November 06, burned 35 square miles, and destroyed at least 174 structures. I am glad the ducks were saved.
