Something to stoke your Memphis pride on a Friday ...
The Peabody ducks turn up at No. 1 on an ABC News slideshow of "America's 14 Most Adorable Hotel Animals," ahead of Charlie the bichon frisé at the Hotel Monaco in Alexandria, Va., the Atlantic bottlenose dolphins at the Mirage in Las Vegas, and others, most of which are dogs. The list isn't ranked per se, but it's nice to see Memphis front and center, anyway ...
Here is what ABC News had to say:
The Peabody ducks turn up at No. 1 on an ABC News slideshow of "America's 14 Most Adorable Hotel Animals," ahead of Charlie the bichon frisé at the Hotel Monaco in Alexandria, Va., the Atlantic bottlenose dolphins at the Mirage in Las Vegas, and others, most of which are dogs. The list isn't ranked per se, but it's nice to see Memphis front and center, anyway ...
Here is what ABC News had to say:
For generations, visitors have been coming to the Peabody hotel in Memphis to see the parade of the ducks. That's right, at 11 a.m. every day, the hotel's ducks are led down from their home on the rooftop, to an elevator where they appear for their red carpet march to a fountain in the lobby. Each team of five ducks lives in the hotel for only three months before being retired from their Peabody duties and returned to a farm to live out the remainder of their days as wild ducks.
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