Meet "Long Boi," a very tall duck and the University Of York's unofficial mascot
A duck that isn’t Long Boi, pictured in an act of overcompensation fueled by its desire to be Long Boi. Photo: Ben Stansall
Where to begin with Long Boi, the University Of York’s beloved giant duck? Is it the speculation, encouraged by Reddit but refuted by other accounts, that the Mallard/Indian Runner duck hybrid stands at a monstrous three-and-a-half-feet tall? (He’s actually a little more than 70 centimetres or just over two feet tall.) Is it that the enormous duck is soon to receive an honorary degree? Or is it just that when you look at a picture of the Boi standing on two webbed feet like the lord of his very own stinky pond-side manor, it’s impossible not to feel a sense of well-being inspired by the mere fact of the bird’s existence?