What's wrong with these sentences?

1. Like the duck, the loon's nest is built near the shore.

2. The loon is a Bow Lake resident, on which several other loons live.

3. The baby loon is four times smaller than its mother.

That's right; they're loony — illogical, confusing, puzzling. We think we know what the writer is trying to say, but something sounds wrong.

Sentence No. 1 contains an illogical comparison; the writer doesn't intend to compare the loon ...

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