# Now- we know why DuckDuckGoose is CALLED DuckDuckGoose !!!!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 1, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-we-know-why-duckduckgoose-is-called-duckduckgoose/101265 "2002-04-01T20:38:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-we-know-why-duckduckgoose-is-called-duckduckgoose/101265/1 "2002-04-01T20:38:40Z")

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How perfectly MPSIMS !!! After years of wondering, now we all can know the secret behind the machine, the amazingly accurate organic device that is our own dearly beloved **DuckDuckGoose**.

Go, and check out this [Very Informative Site](http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html).

😃😃 😃 😃 😃 😃

Said with great respect and gentle humor, \*\*NO offense \*\*intended,go, and enjoy. 😛

Cartooniverse

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-we-know-why-duckduckgoose-is-called-duckduckgoose/101265/2 "2002-04-01T21:03:07Z")

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That was great! I particularly liked this:

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> _from Google[sup]TM[/sup]_:  
> The ease of training pigeons was documented early in the annals of science and fully explored by noted psychologist B.F. Skinner, who demonstrated that with only minor incentives, pigeons could be trained to execute complex tasks such as playing ping pong, piloting bombs or revising the Abatements, Credits and Refunds section of the national tax code.