Draft:Trevor (Duck)
Trevor (died January 2019) was a mallard duck[1] that arrived in the island country of Niue in July 2018.
At the time of his arrival, Trevor was the only mallard duck on Niue, and it was never determined how he arrived on the island.
Wind currents vs. stowaway https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/claire-trevett-the-sorry-tale-of-niues-only-duck/F6AWJJHKQXO3EKI4SHISGC6V5A/ 3/8
Trevor lived in a roadside puddle, which was refilled by the Niue Fire Service and locals when it began to dry out.
A local rooster
Trevor was named after Trevor Mallard, speaker of the New Zealand Parliament.
Death
[edit]Trevor's body was discovered in January 2019 after apparently being killed by dogs.[2]
Sources:
Life:
- BBC (Sep 2018): https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/45446968
- Guardian (Sep 2018): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/trevor-the-lonely-duck-gets-tiny-island-of-niue-in-a-flap
- Telegraph (Sep 2018): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/07/lonely-mallard-duck-called-trevor-turns-remote-pacific-atoll/
- Times of UK (Sep 2018): https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/lonely-duck-blows-in-to-remote-pacific-island-of-nuie-r56cnb8n6
Death sources:
- Australian Broadcasting Corp: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-28/niue-says-goodbye-to-trevor-its-only-duck/10754258
- BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47024682
- Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/tech/trevor-the-worlds-loneliest-duck-dies-in-dog-attack
- Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/28/trevor-worlds-loneliest-duck-dies-niue
- NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/world/asia/niue-loneliest-duck.html
- NZ Herald: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/niue-islands-only-duck-trevor-has-celebrity-life-cut-short-by-dog/ZDK4X7KJMKKN6PIHT7UAEGTGQU/
- The Cut: (check source quality; probably not necessary given the other sources) https://www.thecut.com/2019/01/trevor-worlds-loneliest-duck-dies.html
- USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/01/28/worlds-loneliest-duck-dies-after-dog-attack-pacific-island/2699187002/
- Vice: https://www.vice.com/en/article/trevor-the-worlds-loneliest-duck-is-dead/
- Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/29/fly-trevor-pacific-island-mourns-death-worlds-loneliest-duck/
References
[edit]- ^ Maynard, Roger (September 10, 2018). "Lonely duck blows in to remote Pacific island of Niue". The Times. The Times. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ https://www.businessinsider.com/trevor-the-worlds-loneliest-duck-has-died-2019-1
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Note that Niue lacks wetlands, ponds, and rivers?
See Also
[edit]- [[1]] Facebook page where death was announced