DUCK HEAVEN
The Peabody Hotel in Memphis has a family of ducks who twice a day — at 11am and 5pm — head down to the lobby from their penthouse suite and bath in the fountain. The tradition goes back to a boozy postduck-hunting night in the ’30s when the then-general manager and a friend thought it would be funny to put some of their live decoys in the fountain. When not swimming, the ducks live in a $200 000 palace in the penthouse. And no, the ducks are never eaten. Duck has, in fact, not been on the menu since 1981.
● peabodymemphis.com.