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London man finds a mysterious egg, incubates it, and launches a Pixar-worthy journey of love

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Riyadh Khalaf found an abandoned egg in Devon , England , and took it home to London .

He incubated the egg in an incubator to see if it was viable.

The egg hatched 28 days later , and Riyadh watched and monitored until he finally fell asleep.

"There was just this little wet alien staring back at me," he said.

After 89 days , Spike was ready to leave the incubator and join his flock.

Riyadh and Spike 's story is a testament to what can happen when people genuinely care.

Riyadh called on his community of "daunties" and "duncles" to help with a fundraiser to build a "Duckingham Palace" for the flock.

Riyadh 's followers quickly raised over 11,000 for the center's owners to be able to protect Spike and his friends.

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informal

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English

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33

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