People look at the giant pear studded with more than 15, 000 rubber ducks, nearly half of which have been stolen, in front of the Grand Gateway Plaza in Shanghai, China, 3 June 2014. A 6-meter-tall, 3-ton giant pear studded with tiny rubber ducks in front of the Grand Gateway Plaza Shanghai has gone viral and hot on Chinese media and the Internet. The installation, which was erected last week, originally featured 15, 000 ducks, but nearly half have since been stolen by souvenir hunters. Despite claims by local security guards who suggested the missing ducks might simply have blown away, the duck pears owner, Hong Kong-based B. Duck, said that the toy ducks were attached manually and would not have come off so easily. It said it is planning to exhibit the pear in other cities this year and hopes it will have better luck in retaining its ducks. At 17 yuan (US$2.70) per duck, the firm has lost more than 100, 000 yuan, it was reported.
