One of Life's Tiny Dramas Captured Forever on Film

There are many inexplicable and tragic events in nature, yet few are captured on film. Here is an interesting series of photographs depicting a pair of swallows, Hirundo rustica (known as the Barn Swallow in the United States). In this series of images, we watch the story that unfolds after one of the birds was fatally injured, yet the bird's mate remains nearby, delivering food or water and keeping its dying companion company.

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Posted by Leo Romero
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Topics: Biology, Psychology
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Nov 2, 2008 - 9:54 AM PST
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Barry Grossheim
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by Barry Grossheim - Nov. 3, 2008

The comments are perhaps more interesting than the photos. We're all animals but most human animals somehow believe we are unique from other life forms in that we "feel" and that no other animal is capable of that.

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