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Old 02-December-2006, 03:19 AM
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Urban Legend, they actually do echo...
Yup; was hiking the Big Sur Bird Sanctuary and came upon 2 ducks "making out" in the cliffs of a cove high above the surfline. The male's expressed "happiness" reverberated (for a very long time).
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...sorry couldn't help myself from sharing the mental image ur post gave me...
Yes, I saw that, too, but didn't want to spin it any more than the author.

Two more, in an automotive vein:
The Ferrari insignia:
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"Francesco Baracca was a "cavalier of the sky" (cavaliere del cielo), a WWI ace whose family granted Enzo Ferrari the use of his heraldic symbol...
Lamborghini Countach:
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It's an epithet in Piemontese dialect---as in striking one's forehead and uttering "Countach!"...
(Both from the January 2007 issue of Road & Track , print edition)
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