BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 2, 2020
Four-year-old Violet Hamner has a new best friend and like many BFFs, the two are inseparable. But what makes this friendship so unique is that the little girl’s pal is a tiny 2-week-old duckling named Furry. “Everyone keeps telling me what a special duck he is,” Violet’s mom Loni Hamner said. “But he’s just doing what ducks do.” What Furry did was “imprint” on Violet Hamner after he was the only duck to survive out of a clutch of 10 eggs the Hamners had in a mechanical incubator in their home.