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This will be the most adorable thing you'll see today: Wrinkle the Duck—a traveling duck named after A Wrinkle in Time—joined the 30,000 participants at this weekend's 50th annual New York City marathon to run around town.
The best part? Wrinkle even donned what appear to be custom-made webbed sneakers for the event!
Check out the hilarious video documenting the happening:
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Although we don't know much about the now-celebrity duck, its official Instagram account seems to have been chronicling the animal's antics for quite some time. Wrinkle has been spotted having a drink in Dumbo, driving around New York, riding the subway and just hanging out in Brooklyn.
But it is the duck's appearance at the NYC Marathon that has clearly drawn most attention. New Yorkers, brands and animal lovers took to social media to express their fascination with Wrinkle post-run. Our favorite comment came courtesy of TikTok, where Adidas wrote: "Sending this to our design team to petition for a new duck shoe collection."
According to the duck's social media profile, Wrinkle's mom is Justin Wood ("the #1 juggler in NY") while its dad is listed as His Lovely Assistant.
Check out these hilarious Twitter reactions to the marathon episode:
I’m so proud of the duck who ran the New York Marathon https://t.co/bF2ua273UA
— Eloise McNeaney (@EloiseMcneaney) November 9, 2021
I haven't talked a lot about the *inexplicable uptick* in ducks on the subway, but when they're out here in custom runners making me feel like a lazy fuck, I gotta put a flipper down.
— 🦋ₙₒₜₜₕᵢₛCᵣᵤdₑₘₐₜₜₑᵣ🦋💛❤💙 (@Regobah) November 8, 2021
Who am I kidding?
Wrinkle you are perfect and I love you immediately.https://t.co/flp3Iusb8C
Wrinkle the duck running the NYC marathon and then making it to the damn red carpet for a film fest exemplifies New York in a way I didn't even know possible. #spiritanimal #quackstar
— Julie Wulie (@jwuless) November 10, 2021
Having a bit of a moment realising that the running technique of Wrinkle the duck is considerably more advanced than mine past mile ~18 😂🦆😂
— Natasha ✈️ (@RunsNat) November 9, 2021
P.S Best thing on the internet today!#ukrunchat @UKRunChat
I'm running out of excuses never to run. Where exactly do you get duck sneakers? 😲 The duck's name is apparently Wrinkle. https://t.co/jm4wQ4JABF
— Really Fly Greg (@gpommen) November 9, 2021
This is Wrinkle the Duck. 🦆
— ABC SPORT (@abcsport) November 9, 2021
Wrinkle ran the NYC marathon on the weekend.
What's your excuse? 🤔
📹 - YouTube/Seducktive pic.twitter.com/qUfQcljKay
no thoughts just wrinkle the duck running the new york marathon pic.twitter.com/76isKqhBhN
— cowabunga callie ! (@calamazoowho) November 9, 2021