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Wrinkle (duck)

Wrinkle (duck) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Wrinkle (duck) rather than just read about it. In short: Wrinkle Five Star (hatched September 9, 2020) is an American Pekin duck and emotional support animal who gained prominence on social media for participating in the New York City Marathon. Hatched in Louisville, Kentucky as the only survivor of a clutch of six eggs, Wrinkle is biologically male but was initially thought to be a female duckling.

Key takeaways

Wrinkle (duck) belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Wrinkle (duck) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Wrinkle (duck) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Wrinkle Five Star (hatched September 9, 2020) is an American Pekin duck and emotional support animal who gained prominence on social media for participating in the New York City Marathon. Hatched in Louisville, Kentucky as the only survivor of a clutch of six eggs, Wrinkle is biologically male but was initially thought to be a female duckling. Circus jugglers Justin Wood and Joyce Kung, Wrinkle's owners, still use she/her pronouns to refer to her. Wrinkle lives in New York City with Wood and Kung. They bought six American Pekin eggs in September 2020, intending to raise the ducks as performers in their variety show. During Wrinkle's initial training, Wood and Kung noticed she was good at running. A video of her running as a duckling was posted on TikTok on September 17, a week after she was hatched.

Running career Wrinkle participated in her first marathon in 2021. She did not run the entire 26-mile (42 km) course. She also competed in the 2022 New York Marathon, in which, by one estimate, she only completed 50 feet (15 m), which included several stops for water. Wrinkle has been known to walk 15 to 20 blocks and has completed the entire 1.4-mile (2.3 km) Bronx Halloween Parade. She recorded an official time of 18 minutes and 8 seconds for the 1-kilometer (0.62 mi) kids' course of the 2022 Long Island Marathon, earning a medal and reportedly setting the world duck record for that distance. Ducks can develop a bacterial infection known as bumblefoot if they run on rough surfaces; to combat this, Wood and Kung built custom shoes for Wrinkle out of a soft red material. Wrinkle also paints, in a style which has been described as similar to "Jackson Pollock but painted by webbed foot". Related to Pollock, Wrinkle is sometimes referred to as "Quackson Pollock" when painting, and she frequently showcases her art on her Instagram page.

Buc-ee's Wrinkle's owner, Justin Wood, brought the duck to Buc-ee's for a YouTube video, without knowing all animals are not allowed in the store. An employee requested them to leave the premises and keep the duck contained, but since Wood and Wrinkle did not leave the premises, they were given a lifetime ban.

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Wrinkle (duck)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Wrinkle (duck) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Wrinkle (duck) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Wrinkle (duck) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Wrinkle (duck)

In research: Wrinkle (duck) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Wrinkle (duck) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Wrinkle (duck) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2020 animal births, Assistance animals, Ducks, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Wrinkle (duck) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Wrinkle (duck) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Wrinkle (duck) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Wrinkle (duck) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Wrinkle (duck) in simple terms?

Why does Wrinkle (duck) matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Wrinkle (duck)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Wrinkle (duck).