Tuna, a 6-month-old duckling, would have become someone's dinner if not for Nicole Davis.

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She adopted the duckling from a feedlot, adding another to her flock -- of five dogs.

"Everyone acts like Tuna is just another dog," Davis told The Dodo. " She loves to sit in your lap or watch you do yard work. Dogs do not scare her but cats do."

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Georgia and Florida wildlife officials work to disentangle right whale No. 5217, called Division, off St. Simons Island on Dec. 4. (Courtesy o Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute)

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