if it talks like a duck, walks like a duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck, maybe it's not a duck at all, but a chicken thinking it's a duck. or, like that one episode of Tom and Jerry where the little duckling thinks Tom is his mother, and does whatever Tom asks, or signs for him to do, since Tom's a cat and can't talk. but it was really sad because the little duckling was ready to offer himself up for Tom's dinner. but in the end, Tom puts on a bill and goes swimming down in the water hole with the little duckling in tow. how sweet. but Tom isn't a duck, even though he paddles and waddles and has a little duckling that treats him like a mama duck. so is he a duck? I don't know, but he's awful sweet.