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10 September 2011 [13:16] - Today.Az
Barrie Hayman cuts an unusual figure in his home town as his devoted duck follows him everywhere – including the pub.
The 65-year-old bonded with Star by carrying him around in his pocket when he was hatched, and now the 11-week-old duckling prefers the company of humans to his feathered friends.
‘He just won’t leave me and so now we go everywhere together,’ said Mr Hayman, who is a regular in the Westleigh Inn in Bideford, north Devon.
‘I’ve not trained him to follow me, he just seems to like it.
'He comes to the pub, where everyone loves him and we’ll be watching his first Rugby World Cup together this week.'
Star, an Indian runner duck also waits in the foyer of Tesco while his ‘father’ shops.
‘He’s not fazed at all,’ he added.
Duck breeder Mr Hayman separated independent-minded Star from his siblings when they were born after he ‘shunned’ them.
/Metro/
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