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• Motorists in Woodbury County, Iowa, started alerting State Conservation Officer Steve Griebel on Nov. 9 that hundreds of ducks had been killed after mistaking wet roads for wetlands, KCRG reported.
The ducks, including bluebills, mallards, buffleheads and teal, were migrating south and landed on the wet pavement in parking lots and on highways, where the next day Griebel said he counted more than 200 that had been hit by unwitting drivers. [KCRG, 11/10/2020]
• In China's Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, 27-year-old Luo Qingjun has found his calling as a "bad uncle" for hire by parents wanting him to scare their children into obedience, Oddity Central reported.
Luo creates a short custom video, using the child's name and making scary faces while threatening them to behave.
"If you don't do your homework, don't eat and don't go to sleep, I will take you away!"
Luo warns on one video. One happy customer posted, "My 3-year-old son was scared at first sight, and he was immediately obedient." [Oddity Central, 11/3/2020]