Douglas Adams parodied this test in his book Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands.
Douglas Adams memparodikan tes ini di dalam bukunya Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Jika dia terlihat seperti bebek, dan bersuara seperti bebek, setidaknya kita harus mempertimbangkan kemungkinan bahwa kita memiliki burung air kecil keluarga Anatidae di tangan kita.