Duck Stampede Floods Thailand Road
Ralphie Aversa

The daily commute can be quite the grind. Maybe you deal with bumper-to-bumper highway traffic or crowded subway cars. Perhaps your route is so unpredictable that sometimes a 15-minute drive can turn into a 45-minute one.

But at least your daily commute isn't a quack ... literally.

Jack Sarathat lives in Thailand and was driving through Nakhon Pathom, about an hour west of Bangkok. Suddenly he was forced to bring his car to a halt. About 100,000 ducks were on the loose and taking over the rural road in the Bang Len district.

Full story: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/100-000-ducks-flood-thailand-road-172448594.html

-- YAHOO! NEWS 2014-06-19

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxlg5unYTyU

Traffic problems everywhere here in Thailand. Flooding, and now stampeding and raging ducks!!!

Enough to send a man ''Quackers'' you know

Edited June 19, 201412 yr by siampolee

Why do the drivers continue to attempt to drive forward rather than give room for the ducks to pass most quickly?

Stampede? Looked very orderly to me. It also looked like they have been herded before and knew where they were going.

All I could think of while watching was Peking Duck.

Saw this a few days ago on a Thai website.

The driver is joking that they are protesters.

Saw this a few days ago on a Thai website.

The driver is joking that they are protesters.

You're kidding? Thats rich!

Thanks for passing it along.

Well, hats off to that farmer.

No one.

And I mean no one, can accuse him of not having his ducks in a row.

Possibly the duck herder(s) was or are Shakespeare fan(s) and he (they) was (were) collecting his (their) Duckets and was thus thinking of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice and his plea to his daughter concerning his Ducats.

surprised that no duck was run over. Amazed that they actually stopped and waited for the ducks to pass, i mean they probably wouldn't do the same if they were humans and so many ppl die due to road accidents yet surprisingly not a single duck was hurt.

Notice how nobody is trying to cut in line. All are moving in an orderly fashion, even when they come to a stop.

Why do the drivers continue to attempt to drive forward rather than give room for the ducks to pass most quickly?

They don't pay road tax, shouldn't be blocking traffic like that!

A good collection of duck dinners there.

Annual stock take at MK ?

Seems very common in S/E Asia.

From the Philippines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_WbTh1U0Q8&feature=player_detailpage

I got caught in this once before in Issan. They are only moving the ducks to a better feeding location.

100,000? So much for reduckionism.

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A good collection of duck dinners there

f#### .. its got my taste buds going now

loved the video .. dave2

surprised that no duck was run over. Amazed that they actually stopped and waited for the ducks to pass, i mean they probably wouldn't do the same if they were humans and so many ppl die due to road accidents yet surprisingly not a single duck was hurt.

Never fails to amaze me how there's always someone standing by to rush in and post some Thai bashing message no matter how lighthearted the thread or how fantasized the connection to the bash.

Bah humbug.

Edited June 19, 201412 yr by Suradit69

Duck!!!

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck..................

Duck for cover!

surprised that no duck was run over. Amazed that they actually stopped and waited for the ducks to pass, i mean they probably wouldn't do the same if they were humans and so many ppl die due to road accidents yet surprisingly not a single duck was hurt.

I heard that, if you run over a duck, the farmer will send you a large bill.

There is only one duck

Why don't they fly away?

Well that's something you don't see every day. Pretty cool....although I do admit to a strange craving for roast duck.

Video caption should read: "Video captures Cambodian exodus from Thailand..."

Why do the drivers continue to attempt to drive forward rather than give room for the ducks to pass most quickly?

They won't even let children and old ladies cross the road, why would ducks make a difference?

Stampede? Looked very orderly to me. It also looked like they have been herded before and knew where they were going.

All I could think of while watching was Peking Duck.

I was thinking "Pressed Duck"

I can explain this. The ducks are from Cambodia. They are living in Thailand illegally without a work permit. They have heard that there is a quackdown on illegal ducks, so they are fleeing the country. So, move along, folks. There's nothing to see here.

Where is The Duck leader?