About a week ago, an inflated duck named ‘Daphne the giant’ was reported missing at Sea and was feared to be lost forever. However in a funny turn of events, the inflated duck was discovered floating at Sea and is in the process of being returned back to her owners at the Cockburn Masters Swimming Club.
What happened?
On March 11, Daphne the giant, which was a star attraction at the annual Coogee Jetty to Jetty Swim, near Perth, was swept away by strong winds.
The duck was roughly about the size of a caravan and was commissioned to mark the event’s 22nd anniversary. The organisers were in the process of moving her from the surf club to the beach when she was swept into the sea by strong winds.
Duck rescued
On March 19, the duck was discovered by a local fisherman near Rottnest Island about 30 km away and started pulling it back to land.
This news was further confirmed in Coogee Jetty to Jetty Swim facebook page and the duck is expected to arrive at Coogee on Wednesday.
Relationship between Sea and rubber ducks
Daphne is not the first rubber duck to go missing at sea. Back in 1992 a shipping container filled with 28,000 rubber ducks was lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and some of the yellow bath toys are still washing ashore now.
Amazing journey
The amazing 25-year sea journey of the bobbing plastic toys has been mapped after they spilled out of a container which had been swept off the deck of the merchant ship ‘Evergreen Ever Laurel’ during a storm.
Scientists have been tracking the toys’ movements for information about ocean currents, which affect the planet’s overall climate.
The bathtub favourites have travelled around 27,000 km, floating over the site where the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg, landing in Hawaii and even spending years frozen in an Arctic ice pack.
In 2003 and 2007 they even arrived on the shores of the UK as well as South Africa and Australia.
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Source: Herald Sun
