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A Chinese farmer is baffled after he bought a duck that has feet like a chicken and is scared of water.

Curious villagers in Huangjin village, Xicheng town, are flocking to the home of Fu Haiwen to see the duck.

Fu said he bought the duck in June but did not notice its unusual feet for ten days, reports Laibin News.

It was only after he noticed it acting differently to the rest of the ducks that he examined it closely and was surprised to see it did not have webbed feet.

“It never went with the other ducks to swim in the river,” he explained.


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James Bond watch out – there’s a new gadget around and it’s not yours. It’s a car that’s also a high-speed boat!

The Aquada Sports Amphibian was road – or should that be water – tested around London’s Docklands on Wednesday.

The bizarre vehicle can get up to 100 miles per hour on land, and 30 miles per hour in the water.

Gibbs Technologies, who made the car, say this is the first time a car-boat has managed to get above 6 miles per hour. It can go so fast because, when it’s a boat, it’s powered by a jet of water.
The Amphibian is meant to be a sports car and sports boat, but it could even be used in cities to cut traffic.

Pretty expensive

But you’d have to be pretty rich to afford one – when it comes out later this year, it should cost around �150,000.

Perhaps James Bond will have the river to himself for a little while longer after all.


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