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The original/real Goldeneye

LudovicoLudovico
edited March 2014 in Bond Movies Posts: 15,125
This is, I think, the fella who gave its name to Fleming's home, and then, indirectly, to the movie:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldeneye_%28duck%29

[url="https://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/goldeneye/ "]https://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/goldeneye/ [/url]

I don't know why, but I find it fascinating.

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  • LudovicoLudovico
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    And I discovered that they do practice brood paratism (with other golden eye ducks). Kind of fitting with the character of Trevelyan, although I am sure it is unvoluntary.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    I was under the impression that Ian Fleming had taken the name from Reflections in a Goldeneye (1941) by Carson McCullerrs and that there had also been an Operation Goldeneye during World War II? No?
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,125
    Dragonpol wrote:
    I was under the impression that Ian Fleming had taken the name from Reflections in a Goldeneye (1941) by Carson McCullerrs and that there had also been an Operation Goldeneye during World War II? No?

    Probably. But I thought his interest in ornithology might have played a role too. Of course, the associations with the duck was completely coincidental.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,281
    Ludovico wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    I was under the impression that Ian Fleming had taken the name from Reflections in a Goldeneye (1941) by Carson McCullerrs and that there had also been an Operation Goldeneye during World War II? No?

    Probably. But I thought his interest in ornithology might have played a role too. Of course, the associations with the duck was completely coincidental.

    Yes, I see your point - I'd quite overlooked the ornithological angle to this!
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