Editing Duck (section)

===Cultural references===
In 2002, psychologist [[Richard Wiseman]] and colleagues at the [[University of Hertfordshire]], [[UK]], finished a year-long [[LaughLab]] experiment, concluding that of all animals, ducks attract the most humor and silliness; he said, "If you're going to tell a joke involving an animal, make it a duck."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Emma |title=World's funniest joke revealed |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2876-worlds-funniest-joke-revealed/ |website=New Scientist |access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref> The word "duck" may have become an [[inherently funny word]] in many languages, possibly because ducks are seen as silly in their looks or behavior. Of the many [[List of fictional ducks|ducks in fiction]], many are cartoon characters, such as [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney]]'s [[Donald Duck]], and [[Warner Bros.]]' [[Daffy Duck]]. [[Howard the Duck]] started as a comic book character in 1973<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comics.org/character/name/Howard%20the%20Duck/sort/chrono/ |title=Howard the Duck (character) |website=[[Grand Comics Database]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1 = Sanderson|first1 = Peter|author-link = Peter Sanderson|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura|chapter= 1970s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 161|isbn =978-0756641238|quote= December saw the debut of the cigar-smoking Howard the Duck. In this story by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik, various beings from different realities had begun turning up in the Man-Thing's Florida swamp, including this bad-tempered talking duck.}}</ref> and was made into a [[Howard the Duck (film)|movie]] in 1986.

The 1992 Disney film ''[[The Mighty Ducks (film)|The Mighty Ducks]]'', starring [[Emilio Estevez]], chose the duck as the mascot for the fictional youth hockey team who are protagonists of the movie, based on the duck being described as a fierce fighter. This led to the duck becoming the nickname and mascot for the eventual [[National Hockey League]] professional team of the [[Anaheim Ducks]], who were founded with the name the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} The duck is also the nickname of the [[University of Oregon]] sports teams as well as the [[Long Island Ducks]] minor league [[baseball]] team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Duck|url=https://goducks.com/sports/2003/8/28/153778.aspx|access-date=2022-01-20|website=University of Oregon Athletics|language=en}}</ref>