i used to commute into downtown los angeles on the 10 freeway, quite often getting stuck in traffic behind what i used to call the 'duck truck' because it had cages of white ducks destined presumably for chinatown or the poultry processing plant nearby. every once in awhile there'd be a transport truck with cages that had little pink noses thru the hole going to the 'farmer john' packing plant - such is our modern world