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Who's Sweeter: Ducks or Ferndale Workers Who Saved Them?

Ferndale workers rescue orphaned ducks, and the city's Facebook fans love that about them.

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FERNDALE, MI — Here’s a smiler for you: City workers cleaning up a section of Eight Mile Road Thursday saved a brood of orphaned ducklings from almost certain death after their mother was hit and killed in traffic.

The Department of Public Works staff took the tiny orphans “under their wing” and saved their lives, according to a post on the city’s Facebook page.

A heat lamp was mounted over a cardboard box with straw, where the ducklings will live until they can be moved to a retired city employee’s Up North farm, where adult ducks will be given the chance to “adopt these sweet youngsters,” according to the post.

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“All in a day’s work for our awesome DPW team!” the city wote.

The post generated kudos for the DPW team, who were called “compassionate” and “awesome.”

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“That is awesome that they took the time and cared enough instead of walking away,” noted David Huncherick.

Image credit: City of Ferndale via Facebook

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