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Watch This Bird Miraculously Escape the Clutches of Great White Shark

It looks like a duck. And ducks are naturally greasy. Maybe the great white is trying to avoid greasy meals.

How the hell did that happen? In possibly the greatest escape we’ve ever seen, this bird, that looks like a duck or something in the Anatidae family, which also includes swans and geese, escapes the clutches of a great white as onlookers cheer for its freedom. It isn’t exactly clear how the bird escapes but it might be the fact that creatures in the Anatidae family are naturally greasy to repel water. And maybe the shark is trying to avoid greasy meals?

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