Cruel Nature

[paddy graham]

Out walking this morning and I went past a Rookery in one of the local parks and noticed a newly hatched chick on the ground.As I walked on another hit the ground just in front of me.I found a spot where it was easy to look up and one of the adult Rooks was just tossing the chicks from two nests out for some reason.Some of you may not like these birds but the chicks deserve a chance.

[albertajune]

Yes, Nature can be cruel. I don't dislike any wild creature and would have found it quite upsetting to see those baby chicks being tossed down. I wonder why it was happening?
Strange behaviour!

[Annie]

Yes to us not pleasant behaviour and hard to fathom but as you say its the natural world. Maybe this rook was a male and getting rid of its rivals offspring, who knows ? I do think in nature there is normally a reason for what we see as acts of cruelty, food, weaklings etc but the cruelest of all is Man who has the ability to make decisions not to pick on the weakest but still in some cases still does.

[Gwenoakes]

I think that would have upset me too.

I so agree with you, Annie. Nature can be cruel, but humans are intentionally cruel.

[Benny&Co]

Yes very cruel sometimes isn't nature

We had a little chick in our garden the other week that had passed away.

[albertajune]

Yes to us not pleasant behaviour and hard to fathom but as you say its the natural world. Maybe this rook was a male and getting rid of its rivals offspring, who knows ? I do think in nature there is normally a reason for what we see as acts of cruelty, food, weaklings etc but the cruelest of all is Man who has the ability to make decisions not to pick on the weakest but still in some cases still does.

How true Annie. I think that man is the master of pre-meditated cruelty. Usually for the sake of money or for the people with money. The latest being, breeding lions in S Africa, for the intent reason of letting people shoot them. So callead hunters.