Giant rubber duck makes a splash in Toronto. She arrived in the harbour Friday morning to kick off a weekend of Canada 150 birthday. Lots lots lots of people came to see her.
Here are seven things to know about the duck:
Because it's a maritime vessel, the duck receives "she" or "her" pronouns.
The duck is actually something of a fake. She is a copy of a project by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman that has been underway for more than a decade. This duck has been around since 2014.
This duck, created by Ohio public relations specialist Ryan Whaley, is the world's biggest–just a few feet taller than Hofman's. As Whaley said, when you make a giant duck, it may as well set the record.
The duck is big. She is six stories high, weighs 30,000 pounds.
The duck is high maintenance. She takes two-and-a-half hours to inflate, and requires constant air from up to three pumps. Sometimes there's a worker inside the inflated duck to maintain the pump; there is a giant zipper entrance in the duck's butt.
The duck requires eight to 10 people to manage, unload and inflate it. The duck also requires a crane to remove it from its transport truck.
It cost $120,000 to bring the giant duck to the Toronto, which pays for things like transportation and maintenance. Whaley says that the cost to initially build the duck was $150,000。
大黄鸭跳进了多伦多的浴缸玩水。为了庆祝加拿大150岁生日,大黄鸭周五来到了多伦多的港口。很多很多很多人都去看她。
关于大黄鸭的7个事实:
称呼大黄鸭要用“她”。
大黄鸭的原型是荷兰艺术家Florentijn Hofman的创作,目前世界知名的这只大黄鸭是个复制品。
创造现在这只大黄鸭的是美国人Ryan Whaley,比原来荷兰艺术家的创作只高了一点点,但也创造了新的世界纪录。
她6层楼高,3万镑(约合13.6吨)重。
大黄鸭维护工作量很大。充满气需要2.5个小时。充满气后还需要3个气泵不停的给她充气保持体型。有时需要一个工人在大黄鸭里去维护这3个气泵。
她需要10个人去管理、装卸、充气。移动她的时候需要用吊车。
这次大黄鸭来到多伦多需要花费12万加元(约合60万人民币),用来支付运输和维护费用。Whaley说建造这只大黄鸭需要15万加元。