Friday, June 27, 2008

How mother duck lost desperate battle to save duckling from heron

This mother duck put up a brave fight, but she stood little chance when a heron took a fancy to one of her ducklings."



The extraordinary sequence of photographs, taken in Bray Harbour in County Wicklow, Ireland, shows how the heron swooped down and snatched the duckling as its mother battled in vain to save it. read the full story

2 comments:

parlance said...

Stories like this are a reminder of what a cruel world it can be, aren't they?

Slavenka said...

I agree with you Parlance.