8/12/2023 0 Comments R rated memes![]() Footballer Peter Crouch shared his appreciation of Long Boi, tweeting "That's my kind of duck!". Followers of Long Boi's Instagram account, run by University of York biology student Zoe Duffin, increased to 16,300 people in less than 24 hours. Long Boi was subsequently mentioned by James Corden on his US late-night talk show The Late Late Show in April 2021, who showed an edited image of Long Boi dressed in a trench coat and quipped, "Put a trench coat on that duck and he looks like two ducks trying to get into an R-rated movie". Long Boi became an internet sensation in 2021 following a Reddit post that incorrectly described him as the tallest mallard ever, at over 1 m tall (in fact he is around 70 cm tall, and not a true mallard duck). His friends included a smaller male Indian runner duck called Chonky Boi, some female mallards, and a male mandarin duck called Fancy Boi. He had become more confident and accepted by other ducks. Long Boi spent most of his time on and around Heslington fishpond, which is next to Derwent College. Students fed him to help him to settle into his new home. ![]() When first found, he appeared "very lonely and nervous" and didn't fit in with the other ducks. Little is known about Long Boi's origins, although it is believed that he was left on the University of York campus as an unwanted pet. ![]() He had not been seen on campus for nearly two months. On 11 May, the university concluded that he was presumably dead. In early May 2023, students expressed concerns that Long Boi had not been seen in at least a week. At least one commentator has branded him 'Britain’s most famous duck'. His popularity saw him become an unofficial mascot for the university. He went viral and became an internet meme in 2021. He was thought to be an Indian Runner duck- Mallard cross, standing out among the other ducks on the campus due to his height. 2018 – April 2023) was an unusually tall male duck that lived on Campus West of the University of York, England. Tallness, memes, popular culture, media appearances ![]() Domestic duck ( Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) ![]()
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