He took to Twitter like a duck to water, though not everyone was so pleased by all his preening.

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Alan Smith, deputy chief flying instructor at Bicester Flying Centre, said he took to gliding "like a duck to water".

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If he's anything like his Italian counterpart, Silvio Berlusconi, the Thai premier might take the heat like a duck to water.

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"He certainly took to that part like a duck to water, " she said as she recalled acting with him during his first scene in the soap's pub The Rovers Return.

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Heidi's owner Amanda Williams, from Christchurch, said her pet took to it like a "duck to water".

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