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In article <1e8fvtINNgmo@gap.caltech.edu>, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
>In article <1992Nov16.145700.26594@alf.uib.no>, bjornts@ii.uib.no (Bjoern Tore Sund) writes:
>>BTW, can anyone confirm what someone told me that this effect is
>>actually permanent? I heard that once this fat was dissolved, it
>>didn't return, so that the bird, even with proper care, was unable
>>to regain it's ability to swim and to stand cold water.
>
>The claim that the effect is permanent is obviously utter nonsense.  Otherwise
>a duck would be permanently incapable of swimming after the first time it
>molted.
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If the duck dies (drowns or freezes) the effect is permanent. Otherwise,
as Carl said, they're at least better after the next moulting.
(I have heard of volunteers cleaning the ducks after an oil slick, so 
presumably the same feathers can be restored -- though it takes more
resources than the duck has)