Ducks 'quack in regional accents'
It may sound like a load of quackers but according to new research ducks have regional accents. "Cockney" ducks from London make a rougher sound, not unlike their human counterparts, so their fellow quackers can hear them above the city's hubbub. But their country cousins communicate with a softer, more relaxed sound, the team from Middlesex University found.