Sandhill Cranes nesting/ baby dies

[Rod Wiley]

This video shows the female crane walking on the chick, at first I thought she was just clumsy. Looking closer at the original video I discovered the entire nest was swarming with fire ants and I wonder if she was trying to kill the ants that were attacking the baby. Both parents were forced to lay on top of the ants. Its amazing that 31 days of work and hundreds of hours can boil down to under 7 minutes. Rod





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