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Egypt Goes Quack Over #SpyDuck

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Egypt, Humor
@CairoGossip shares this photograph of #SpyDuck on Twitter [1]

@CairoGossip shares this photograph of #SpyDuck on Twitter

Egypt today announced it had arrested [2]a “duck” – with a spying gadget attached to its feathers. The duck turned out not to be a duck, perhaps a swan [3] [ar] – and the tracker on it was for a study. And now there is a new twist, the duck or swan may be a stork. On Twitter, netizens grab the occasion to quack up jokes.

Victor Salama notes:

But the duck – now swan – may not even be a duck or a swan, says Mostafa Hussein:

Hussein, who changed his avatar on Twitter to one of a .. erm .. bird, also calls for freeing the bird – whatever it is:

Mahmoud Salem jokes that there is more to the situation than meets the eye:

And Austin G Mackell says the duck story could be a decoy:

Timothty E Kaldas chuckles:

While Tarek Radwan quips:

For more laughs, check out the hashtag #SpyDuck [20].