Giant Rubber Duck Floats Around The World (VIDEO)

This giant rubber duck is on a mission to sail around the world spreading peace and goodwill.

It's hard to feel blue when you see an 85-foot-tall yellow rubber duckie.

Well, that's the theory of Dutch artist Flortijn Hofman, who is putting it to the test by sending an inflatable rubber duck of that size on a five-year mission around the globe -- including, so far, Auckland, New Zealand; Osaka, Japan; and France's Loire Valley.

Hofman, who is based in Rotterdam, has also created giant frogs and bunnies, but he has a special place in his heart for the duck, according to Twisted Sifter.

"The Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn’t discriminate people and doesn’t have a political connotation," he told the website. "The friendly, floating Rubber Duck has healing properties: it can relieve mondial tensions as well as define them."

Vanessa Yurkevich of Buzz60 is not impressed that the giant duck is able to duck... er, avoid getting bogged down by political labels.

"Obviously," she said. "It's a rubber duck."

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Comments

[jsgaetano]

09:44 AM on 12/08/2012

I wonder if it's going to show up at the Windy City Rubber Duck Derby?

[Lorraine Roe]

12:04 AM on 05/01/2012

Wow- that giant ducky makes everything right with the world.

[loopsparky]

02:19 PM on 04/30/2012

Giant Ernie is really unhappy that his bath partner is gone.

[mskittykat1326]

12:02 PM on 04/30/2012

:) Happiness

[SueZbell]

10:58 PM on 04/29/2012

Visiting art. Cute, especially for the children. Likely not so much for the boaters.

I'd be more impressed if the duck had no mobility devise attached and had "decided" on its own--following the currents--to visit all these places.

Note to secret service (if you can spare a few minutes away from your 'chicks') as it starts up the Patomic, can you say Trojan horse...er...duck?

[tro2011]

10:21 PM on 04/29/2012

stay out of the Gulf you will be covered in oil !

[sugarrrrush]

10:18 PM on 04/29/2012

Reminds me of "Lego Man".

[circlewomen]

06:05 PM on 04/29/2012

Maybe he'll float up the Hudson, sooo much fun that would be.

[Ava Sterling]

04:45 PM on 04/29/2012

so cool

[cajafuerta]

03:19 PM on 04/29/2012

Who has the money to pay for all this crazy stuff? You know it costs perhaps millions to make and repair and move and set it up..I know ...TAX payers..wanna bet?

[sadwitness]

09:27 PM on 04/29/2012

Yes, I'd love to bet. What an easy way to make money from illiterates who ASSUME that the US is the ENTIRE world. If you had read further than the headline, you would see the statement that clearly says: "Dutch artist Flortijn Hofman, is putting it to the test by sending an inflatable rubber duck on a five-year mission around the globe" You see, this is starting in Rotterdam (NOT THE US) and traveling all around the globe. How could you LOGICALLY assume that US tax payers will have to pay anything?

[sadwitness]

11:09 PM on 04/29/2012

cue the eye roll and the finger. Some people deserve no less.

[NewLiberals]

02:49 PM on 04/29/2012

All I can say is stay away from Mississippi and Louisiana.

[rav1267]

09:42 PM on 04/29/2012

Why?

[michelleobamaok]

11:30 AM on 04/29/2012

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT......let me light up my spliff first......

[oldbentbrains]

10:07 AM on 04/29/2012

Hope this comes to the Bay Area ....................... one lap around Alcatraz .......................

[JCLOTW]

09:13 AM on 04/29/2012

Moby Duck! Just kidding, this is an awesome idea.

[TBro61]

08:41 AM on 04/29/2012

Wail until the giant Ernie comes to play with it !!