If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to c…

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If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands. ✨ Douglas Adams (2016). Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, p.209, Simon and Schuster
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