Rubber duckies: 11 years in ocean

[Violet]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030711/ap_on_re_us/ducks_adrift_1

A floating flock of the bathtub toys — along with beavers, turtles and frogs — is believed to be washing ashore somewhere along the New England coast, bleached and battered from a trans-Arctic journey. Oceanographers say the trip has taught them valuable lessons about the ocean’s currents.

The toys have been adrift since 29,000 of them fell from a storm-tossed container ship en route from China to Seattle more than 11 years ago.

Almost every time I post something like this, it has already been posted!

[Mama_Tiger]

Gee, thanks. Now I hear Ernie singing “Rubber duckie, you’re the one…” in my head!

[carnivorousplant]

"Some kept going, some turned and headed to Europe," says Curtis Ebbesmeyer of Seattle, a retired oceanographer

Adventurous little guys.

[Lucretia]

That is too cool. I’m going to the beach in CT next week, and I would love to come across one of those duckies.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

*Originally posted by Mama Tiger *
**Gee, thanks. Now I hear Ernie singing “Rubber duckie, you’re the one…” in my head! **

Great minds think alike, Mama Tiger .