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Too young for the deep end by ~newepoch:iconnewepoch:

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Some native Australian birds are good parents by human standards, other' leave a lot to be desired. The wattle bird is of the latter temperament.

It kicks its chicks out of the nest before they can fly, and watch from above as they go walkabout. This poor fellow went for a drink in a horse trough and nearly drowned. Its was on its last gasp when i fished it out. Of course it was very unimpressed by me saving its life... the noise it made!
So I put it in a sheltered area and left it to its fait. That is the way of things in the Australian bush.

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~djomally Jul 25, 2009, 6:11:14 PM
Most would just leave it to die.
good thing you aren't "most"

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But you forget that in your fairy tale bitch i'm the Wolf.
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~Weura-chan Jan 2, 2009, 10:05:14 AM
Those are some harsh parents... :s poor thing! Did it survive at least?

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"To see a World in a grain of sand,
and a Heaven in a wild flower...
Hold the Infinity in the palm of your hand
and Eternity in a hour..."
William Blake
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~newepoch Jan 3, 2009, 5:13:33 AM
I am afraid I don't know. I try not to find out.

Death is a very common occurrence in the wild and death is an important part of living within a natural environment.

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Death ain't the career move it used to be!
The Forbidden Library [link]
Books Burnt by the Nazis [link]
Article 58 (RSFSR Penal Code) [link]
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~Weura-chan Jan 12, 2009, 11:42:13 AM
Hmm... I see. I do that too most of the times... even though death is a natural thing in living *the only certain thing we have for our lifes* it's something that still gets me to try not to think of... *not that I'm scared of it...just don't like it...*

--
"To see a World in a grain of sand,
and a Heaven in a wild flower...
Hold the Infinity in the palm of your hand
and Eternity in a hour..."
William Blake
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~newepoch Jan 14, 2009, 4:41:06 AM
Living in a forest with wild animals is a big deal. In Australia we had a big problem with animals that were introduced to the country by early settlers last century. We have to kill them to give our native animals a chance to survive. Often the native Australian animals cannot cope with feral cats and dogs, and foxes.

--
Death ain't the career move it used to be!
The Forbidden Library [link]
Books Burnt by the Nazis [link]
Article 58 (RSFSR Penal Code) [link]
:iconweura-chan:
~Weura-chan Jan 23, 2009, 9:22:14 PM
Yeah... it's sad though, but since it was humans fault that those foreign animals went there, humans must also take the huge and sad responsability to maintan the original balance of their environment... in your case... to kill the *poor* foreign animals that are in your country devasting your native animals.

--
"To see a World in a grain of sand,
and a Heaven in a wild flower...
Hold the Infinity in the palm of your hand
and Eternity in a hour..."
William Blake
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~newepoch Jan 24, 2009, 3:46:34 PM
Absolutely, its a shitty job. It makes me angry that I have to do this because other people were so irresponsible. Even today we still get idiots trying to smuggle exotic animals and plants into the country and brake out nations quarantine laws. To me its nothing short of terrorism to risk spreading exotic diseases to our agricultural industries and natural environment.

--
Death ain't the career move it used to be!
The Forbidden Library [link]
Books Burnt by the Nazis [link]
Article 58 (RSFSR Penal Code) [link]
:iconweura-chan:
~Weura-chan Jan 24, 2009, 9:22:49 PM
Yeah... I certainly wouldn't want to have a job like that to do... T___T I would cry so much...
There are idiots everywere... and I had one living real close to me... My uncle, when he was in Africa, brought a monkey to our home... about 16/17 years ago... she survived until this winter... she started to have kidney problems and infections, and ended up dying from hypotermia, falling down from 2meters high *her hidden spot in her jail* with her head down... :(
Although she was really feroucious and she hurted me seriously some years ago, I felt sorry for her bad luck...

--
"To see a World in a grain of sand,
and a Heaven in a wild flower...
Hold the Infinity in the palm of your hand
and Eternity in a hour..."
William Blake
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