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Conditions of Use

Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement

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A rubber duck, or rubber ducky, is a toy shaped like a duck, and is generally yellow. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic (which is more often used). Most commonly, rubber ducks are designed to be used as floating bathtub toys, however not all rubber ducks are bath toys. Some rubber ducks are play figures similar to other squeezable or “squeaky” toys typically given to children and sometimes dogs. Rubber ducks can be found in various colors, sizes, shapes, and outfits. While still primarily considered a children's toy, rubber ducks have achieved status as a popular icon. Rubber ducks may be equipped with a squeaker. More rarely, the toy may have a “squeaker” that makes a sound resembling the quack of a real duck. Bath toy ducks sometimes have a hole in the bill and or in the bottom that allows the toy to take in and then squirt water.

The origin of the rubber duck is not known, but its history is inevitably linked to the emergence of rubber manufacturing in the late 1800s. The earliest rubber ducks were made from harder rubber and lacked squeakers. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in American pop culture and is often symbolically linked to bathing or bath tubs and bubbles and to babies and toddlers. Jim Henson popularized rubber ducks in 1970, performing "Rubber Ducky" as Ernie, a popular Muppet from Sesame Street. The song had two follow-ups, "Do de Rubber Duck" and "DUCKY," and Ernie frequently spoke to his duck and carried it with him in other segments of the show. The song "Rubber Ducky" and many of the characters of the show were done by Jim Henson. On a special occasion, Little Richard would perform the song with Ernie. As the rubber duck has grown in popularity over the years, many variants are sold, including "devil ducks," "dead ducks," and "bride and groom" ducks. The word "DUCKY" from the English word " DUCK". In 2001, The Sun, a British tabloid newspaper reported that Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her bathroom that wears an inflatable crown. The duck was spotted by a workman who was repainting her bathroom.[1] The story prompted sales of rubber ducks in the United Kingdom to increase by 80% for a short period. Rubber ducks are collected by a small number of enthusiasts in countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, United States, and the Netherlands. The 2007 Guinness World Record for World's Largest Rubber Duck Collection numbered 2,583 unique rubber ducks was awarded to Charlotte Lee. The rubber duck can be referred to informally as a "rubber ducky" or a "rubber ducky." Amongst collectors of rubber ducks, the spelling "rubber ducky" has achieved prominence, but both spellings are considered acceptable.

Some charities have run rubber duck races in which hundreds or thousands of rubber ducks are dumped into a river, pool, or other body of water and then floated down a race course marked off with buoys. The first one to float past the finish line is the winner (similar to the game Poohsticks). The rubber ducks are then retrieved and used again later. Due to environmental concerns, sites for duck races must be chosen with care. There are hundreds of races held in the USA and internationally. The largest race in the United States benefits the Freestore Foodbank in Cincinnati, Ohio; over 100,000 ducks are raced to raise money for the organization. One of the more famous rubber duck races is the Great Knoxville Rubber Duck Race[1]. This race received attention when the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that it was a lottery, which stopped the race for a few years. After the state amended its constitution to allow lotteries with special exceptions, the race was reinstituted. A famous rubber duck race is the Halifax Duck Derby [2]. This race has 10,000 rubber ducks in the Halifax Harbour along Bishops Landing. There's a grand prize of 1 million dollars, Trip anywhere in Canada, Large Screen TV's and more. One other race was conducted in Australia in January 1988. It was run from the "High-level bridge" to the "Low-level bridge" near Katherine, New Territories on the Australia Day long weekend. Acting on behalf of the town's Bicentennial Committee, Royal Australian Air Force officers Andrew Cairns and Jock MacGowan constructed the release cage from PVC pipe, purchased and numbered the ducks, printed tickets, and even arranged a helicopter fly past for the auspicious occasion. On August 31, 2008, the Great British Duck Race was held near Hampton Court Palace, London. An estimated 250,000 blue plastic ducks were used. Rubber ducks are used in small quantities as herding targets for radio controlled model yachts, the objective being to move all of the loose ducks into a floating pen.

During a Pacific storm on January 10, 1992, three 40-foot containers holding 30,000 Friendly Floatees plastic bath toys from a Chinese factory were washed off a ship.[2] Two-thirds of the ducks floated south and landed three months later on the shores of Indonesia, Australia, and South America. The remaining 10,000 ducks headed north to Alaska and then completed a full circle back near Japan, caught up in the North Pacific Gyre current as the so called Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Many of the ducks then entered the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia and were trapped in the Arctic ice. They moved through the ice at a rate of one mile per day, and in 2000 they were sighted in the North Atlantic. The movement of the ducks had been monitored by American oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer.

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