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Story transcript. Twenty years ago, British shop-keeper Richard Thorns became obsessed with a duck. Not just any duck: a pink-headed one. The obsession is all about seeing the duck in the wild.
Duck Penises, Virgin Shark Birth, and Other Lessons from the Field Museum's LGBTQ Fundraiser ... a duck penis can grow to 20 centimeters in length and looks like a pink corkscrew.
The exotic Pink-headed Duck, whose rose-colored plumage set it apart from any other species of waterfowl, was last seen in the wild in India in 1949. Scientists never discovered what pigment was ...