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A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgery. As she lay
> her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to
> the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly
> and said, "I'm so sorry; Cuddles has passed away."
>
> The distressed owner wailed, "Are you sure? "Yes, I am sure. The duck is
> dead", he replied.
>
> "How can you be so sure", she protested. "I mean, you haven't done any
> testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."
>
> The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room, and returned
> a few moments later with a black Labrador retriever.
>
> As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind
> legs, put his front paws on the examination table, and sniffed the duck
> from top to bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook
> his head.
>
> The vet patted the dog, and took it out, returning a few moments later
> with a beautiful cat. The cat jumped up on the table and also sniffed
> delicately at the bird. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its
> head, meowed softly, and strolled out of the room.
>
> The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is
> most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck."
>
> Then the vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and
> produced a bill which he handed to the woman.
>
> The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150", she cried,
> "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead?!"
>
> The vet shrugged. "I'm sorry. If you'd taken my word for it, the bill
> would have been $20. But, with the lab report and the cat scan...."
> her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to
> the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly
> and said, "I'm so sorry; Cuddles has passed away."
>
> The distressed owner wailed, "Are you sure? "Yes, I am sure. The duck is
> dead", he replied.
>
> "How can you be so sure", she protested. "I mean, you haven't done any
> testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."
>
> The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room, and returned
> a few moments later with a black Labrador retriever.
>
> As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind
> legs, put his front paws on the examination table, and sniffed the duck
> from top to bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook
> his head.
>
> The vet patted the dog, and took it out, returning a few moments later
> with a beautiful cat. The cat jumped up on the table and also sniffed
> delicately at the bird. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its
> head, meowed softly, and strolled out of the room.
>
> The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is
> most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck."
>
> Then the vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and
> produced a bill which he handed to the woman.
>
> The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150", she cried,
> "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead?!"
>
> The vet shrugged. "I'm sorry. If you'd taken my word for it, the bill
> would have been $20. But, with the lab report and the cat scan...."
