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They say strange things happen in Florida, but at least this is the good kind of strange. A Florida maternity ward welcomed a nontraditional delivery over the weekend, that's because a mother duck hatched her eggs in the hospital's courtyard.
The labor and delivery center at Baptist Medical Center Beaches hospital in Jacksonville Beach posted on their Facebook and showed that the employees there escorted the new mama duck and her 10 ducklings through the building after hatching the eggs in the delivery center's courtyard.
The staff there said technically, the ducks had to walk through the building to get out of the courtyard, which does not have an exit to the outside, but it was an adorable gesture nevertheless.
The post joked, "We're still 'quacking' up over this sweet story. Congrats, Mama! We'll see you in six weeks for your follow-up."