of a giant Shoebill while heading towards ▓water.But it was all water off a duck's back ▓for the imposing 4ft tall bird which instead o▓f eating his smaller friend, carefully picked him up in his beak and moved him aside.Despite its fearsome reputation as a preda

tor around water, th▓e Shoebill seemed more concerned with completing i

ts j▓ourney than tucking into a feathered snack.These extraordinary pictures were captured by 51-year-old amateur photographer Mark Kay, at the San Diego Wild A▓nimal Park in the U.S.China Daily writes that Peki▓ng duck now tops the list of popular dishes at the

villag▓e with special chefs brought in just to cook the dish.Catering

at the Olympic village is provided by US foo▓d and general services company, Aramark, together with a Beijing partner.To provide authentic Pekin▓g duck to the athletes, Aramark has hired chefs from one of Beijing's oldest roast duc▓k restaurants, "Quanjude".The

original "Quanjude" roast duck restaurant opened over a century ago,▓ and has served countles

ing to "Q▓uanjude" since the games began, enjoying the same taste as the athletes.The presentation of the duck is a▓lways the same at Quanjude... chefs wheel whole roast ducks on trolleys to customers' tables, and slice up the birds ▓in full view of waiting diner

s.The slices of ▓duck meat and crispy skin are traditionally eaten ▓wi

th plum sauce and slivers of spring onion, all wrapped together in a small pancake.One Australian newspaper has even speculated that Peking duck helped swimmer Libby Trickett▓ win her gold medal.Trickett's husband told the paper that she has been eating Peking

du▓ck for breakfast, lunch and dinner during her stay▓ at the Olympic