# Rubber duckies: 11 years in ocean

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-duckies-11-years-in-ocean/188211>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 13, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-duckies-11-years-in-ocean/188211 "2003-07-13T19:14:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-duckies-11-years-in-ocean/188211/1 "2003-07-13T19:14:33Z")

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[http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030711/ap\_on\_re\_us/ducks\_adrift\_1](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030711/ap_on_re_us/ducks_adrift_1)

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> 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.
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> 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!

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-duckies-11-years-in-ocean/188211/2 "2003-07-13T19:35:57Z")

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

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-duckies-11-years-in-ocean/188211/3 "2003-07-13T21:29:02Z")

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

Adventurous little guys.

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**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-duckies-11-years-in-ocean/188211/4 "2003-07-13T22:08:35Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-duckies-11-years-in-ocean/188211/5 "2003-07-13T23:12:40Z")

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> \*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**.