Certain species of ducks have been domesticated and can be kept as pets Domestic duck - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org I have met the ducks in question; they are depicted in @Mojo's avatar.
Or should that be your bill? Not a lot of real news happens in York, so it made the news that a duck in York has gone viral. It is 70cm long which is quite long for a duck: The story of how the University of York's most popular duck, Long Boi, went viral A RESIDENT duck at the University of York has found fame after his reputation as a "hefty lad" went viral across the world. www.yorkpress.co.uk