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In a small Iowa town, a pet dog and a pet duck have -- through fate's unknowable machinations -- become platonic lifemates. Not exactly apocalyptic in its implications, but eyebrow-raising nonetheless. After all, the only thing we've ever known about a dog's relationship with ducks is from a certain 8-bit computer pooch who mocked us for failing to shoot the agile waterfowl and lifted their carcasses in triumph when we managed to light-zap them. So why have these two animals suddenly become Pals4Life?

According to Des Moines's KCCI news, the duck had an of-species ladyfriend, but she unfortunately died. Growing lonely without his beloved, the duck took to the Labrador for company, and a bond was formed. That's very sweet. We, however, think there's more going on than what we're being told.

Notice at 1:15, in the below video, when a couple of cats show up to torment the bird, as cats are wont to do. Where can a lonely, put-upon duck run, or waddle, to for protection? Why, it seeks help from cat's eternal enemy of course. We prefer to read this tale as an animal version of My Bodyguard. Judge for yourself.

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