Unlike the poster, I do *not* find this amusing.

[conuly]

Really, I think it's a horrible way to die. However, if, as the comments indicate, this is very common, it raises an important question.

Why haven't we duckling-proofed our sewer grates yet?

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[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

They might even be dead before they get sucked in.
Ducklings drown if they don't have a very low surface to climb up onto.

I'm so glad I knew that before I ever got ducklings.

[pockingell.livejournal.com]

So do puppies. Luckily we heard ours splashing in time. (Every time. He must have fallen in about 9 or 10 times before he got big enough to drag himself out.)

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you heard him. That'd be so sad.

[pockingell.livejournal.com]

Yeah. But he's a big dog now, and quite happily dives in to cool off after a walk.

[conuly]

Aren't you supposed to put a fence around pools for exactly this reason? To prevent it from being "an attractive nuisance", as the legal types so awkwardly put it?

[pockingell.livejournal.com]

Yes, but quite often we'd forget to close the fence properly. Which is a notgood thing.

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

We used to have a poodle. Never jumped in, but every time he'd fall in he'd sink like a stone-- no joke. Luckily he wasn't a very heavy dog (60 pounds) but man.

And these used to be the water retrievers of choice?