Texas Police Officer rescues a family of ducklings from a storm drain
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It's hard to spot - but can you see the ducklings?
Well here's a Christmas 'quack'-er! Police officers in Texas, in the USA, helped a family of ducklings reunite with their mum.
The ducklings were found in a storm drain, after getting lost.
Police officers Bay and Ortega were alerted by the public about some ducklings in danger, but luckily rushed to the scene.
Mama duck is now happily reunited with her eleven baby ducks!
How were the ducklings rescued?
It's hard to spot - but can you see the ducklings?
Some worried citizens called their local police station after spotting a mother duck that had lost her ducklings.
When the officers arrived, they noticed that the ducklings were heading into a drain after falling down a storm grate.
The mother duck quacked and called for her ducklings, encouraging them to move towards her voice.
Officer Bay climbed down to find the ducklings inside
Once the ducklings had travelled further out of the drain, Officer Bay jumped into the hole and helped get them out. The other Officer - called Ortega - closed the drain off so the ducklings couldn't get in again.
The mother duck was very happy to see her babies, and waddled away with them to their home.
Reunited! The duck family was quickly back together
2023: Year of the lost and found animals
These ducklings weren't the only animals that have been exploring new places this year.
One border terrier - called Lucky - went on an 100-mile adventure across Switzerland after escaping from her kennels and travelling to Lake Geneva.
You can read the full list of animals in strange places here.
