I think that you have every right to be an asshole after not getting your camera gear when you were meant to. Great photos, but that duck really does look like a smug little shit.

If any animal does know the real meaning of life, I'm pretty darn sure that it's not a duck. The fuzzy babies that jump out of tree hole nests are sort of cute, I'm still trying to work out how they are made that they bounce instead of go 'splat'.