>One spring, twenty years ago, we happened to share some acres with a
>small flock of mallards. We couldn't help but notice one drake who was
>frantically driven to mate. So much so that by summertime, his
>protrusible cloaca was literally dragging in the dirt, and to our horror,
>it eventually fell off! He was still alive and kicking when we moved a
>year later, but no longer possessed. Do ducks have STDs?
>
>Beth McKinnon

I must be showing my abject ignorance, but what's an STD? You can post me
privately if it's too embarrassing.

My only other comment is "ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch
ouch ouch"

Dennis Paulson phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416