Duck Chasing Students
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About
Duck Chasing Students refers to a viral video of a duckling chasing a large group of college students in a dormitory hall. First posted in April 2019, the video has appeared in multiple edits on Twitter and Instagram.
Origin
Oт April 1st, 2019, Twitter user @aman9919 posted a video of a group of students running from a duckling in a dormitory hall (shown below).[1] The video gained over 27.5 million views in four months, while the tweet has been shared over 613,000 times and received over 1.5 million likes within the same period.
⚠️WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK⚠️ pic.twitter.com/uNPzKfQKJH
— Ashton🐻 (@aman9919) April 1, 2019
Spread
In the following days, multiple edits of the video were posted on Twitter and Instagram. For example, on April 3rd, Twitter user @JJMOCHIJJ edited a scream of K-Pop singer Jimin over the video, with the tweet receiving over 36,500 retweets and 72,700 likes in four months.[2] On April 4th, 2019, Instagram user ill.mp4 posted a SpongeBob SquarePants edit of the video, with the post receiving over 60,000 views and 8,100 likes in the same period.[3]
Starting in late July 2019, the video gained further spread on Instagram, with notable edits posted by users admblackhawk,[4] pampam.mp4[5] and spork.da.fork.[6]
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @aman9919's Tweet
[2] Twitter – @jjmochijj's Post
[3] Instagram – ill.mp4's Post
[4] Instagram – admblackhawk's Post
[5] Instagram – pampam.mp4's Post
[6] Instagram – spork.da.fork's Post
