# Bangkok Ducks are revolting! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 20, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246 "2014-06-20T21:19:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/1 "2014-06-20T21:19:55Z")
I saw this gif yesterday of thousands of ducks storming down the street. Turns out, it’s just a fragment of a two and half minute army of ducks that took to the street in some sort of mass protest. Here’s the gif - > **[This Is What A Duck Stampede Looks Like](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/duck-stampede-sirichock-maneechot_n_5507248)** > > This Is What A Duck Stampede Looks Like Here’s the far more impressive video - They just keep coming! It’s like all the dead ducks in Bangkok have risen are seeking their revenge! Where are they going? Why? What do they want? How can they stopped? Siam Sam! What’s the story here? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/2 "2014-06-20T21:33:47Z")
I love the woman calmly walking with her kid in the break in the duck flood. “Endless army of ducks? BFD I got shopping to do” ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/3 "2014-06-20T21:50:16Z")
Once they acquire a taste for severed penis there’s no containing their rampage. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/4 "2014-06-21T00:06:23Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Once they acquire a taste for severed penis there’s no containing their rampage. That’s my take on it right there. 😉 Or maybe they’re anti-red shirts, as that’s kind of a yellow-shirt area. But those ducks are not in Bangkok. That occurred in Nakhon Pathom province, although it’s not too far from Bangkok. [Further story here](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/415621/ducks-in-mass-revolt-in-nakhon-pathom). From the link: \*\*"Most netizens said they liked how the ducks were parading in an organised manner and that motorists were patient with the birds and did not run them over. “Some said the drivers were probably _seng ped_, or bored. _Seng ped_ literally means a boring duck in Thai. The slang is often used to express boredom or being fed up with something or someone.”\*\* ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/5 "2014-06-21T00:09:53Z")
Well, that is seriously weird. Were they perhaps being somehow herded along somehow? I thought the woman and kid in the break in the duck flow might have been shooing them along somehow, but you would think it would take a lot more people. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/6 "2014-06-21T00:10:37Z")
It’s going to be a while before they rival Pamplona. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/7 "2014-06-21T00:15:56Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Well, that is seriously weird. > > Were they perhaps being somehow herded along somehow? I thought the woman and kid in the break in the duck flow might have been shooing them along somehow, but you would think it would take a lot more people. Yes, the story I linked to said it was just a farmer getting them to cross the road in search of food. As a side note, I said this occurred in Nakhon Pathom province. If you’ve ever watched _The Killing Fields_, then you’ve seen Nakhon Pathom. That’s where they filmed the scene where the American diplomats including one played by Spalding Gray were evacuated. In the background of that scene, the [Phra Pathommachedi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phra_Pathom_Chedi), the tallest stupa in the world at 127 meters (417 feet), can clearly be glimpsed. EDIT: Hey, can we get a Mod to fix the spelling of Bangkok in the OP’s title? MOD EDIT: Sure can! – Hal Briston ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/8 "2014-06-21T01:15:21Z")
Oh, bugger. Sorry about the spelling error! Please, do, fix it! Thanks for your thoughts, Sam. I wouldn’t have thought a person could move that many ducks around without more guides or beaters. I was hoping they’d finally show the guy behind the exodus. > [@njtt](#): > > Were they perhaps being somehow herded along somehow? I thought the woman and kid in the break in the duck flow might have been shooing them along somehow, but you would think it would take a lot more people. I thought this, too, but then you can see there’s a whole third battalion of ducks coming up behind them. It was like they knew the route. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/9 "2014-06-21T01:19:43Z")
I haven’t seen that many duck operations in Thailand. But I have seen some duck herding on Bali, and it doesn’t take many people to herd them. But I’ve not seen anything on that scale before. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/10 "2014-06-21T01:42:15Z")
Well THANKS for the nightmares, in any case! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/11 "2014-06-21T01:50:24Z")
I’ve heard of the Million Man March, but a million ducks? Holy crap! ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/12 "2014-06-21T03:41:01Z")
Alfred Hitchcockian ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/13 "2014-06-21T03:45:02Z")
Look at all those ducks there are at least ten ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/14 "2014-06-21T16:45:08Z")
It would be really funny if they were all being followed by a single goose. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/15 "2014-06-21T16:47:58Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > **Bangkok Ducks are revolting**! I don’t know if I would go as far as to call them revolting. Slightly unpleasant with an attitude, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/16 "2014-06-21T17:01:30Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > I wouldn’t have thought a person could move that many ducks around without more guides or beaters. **I was hoping they’d finally show the guy behind the exodus.** [Here](https://www.google.com/search?q=charlton+heston+moses&client=firefox-a&hs=U3k&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=9LmlU-uBJ6zmsASsy4HoAQ&ved=0CB4QsAQ&biw=1600&bih=713) you go. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/17 "2014-06-21T18:22:58Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > [Here](https://www.google.com/search?q=charlton+heston+moses&client=firefox-a&hs=U3k&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=9LmlU-uBJ6zmsASsy4HoAQ&ved=0CB4QsAQ&biw=1600&bih=713) you go. 😉 Surely it takes divine powers to get that many ducks in a row. By the way, those ducks are adorable, not revolting. Once plucked and hung by the neck inside a glass box all day long on a street food stall they do, indeed, become quite revolting. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/18 "2014-06-21T18:39:45Z")
that reminded me of old B&W pictures of ponds near a town where the local store sold fresh duck. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangkok-ducks-are-revolting/691246/19 "2014-06-22T04:08:58Z")
Wasn’t that woman Tippi Hedren?