Wednesday, 4 April 2012

The Pragmatic Nature of Nature.

I was watching two robins feeding together on the bird table earlier. That’s unusual, so I assumed they were a breeding pair. One of them picked up a bit of food and hopped across to give it to the other one.

Cute, you think? Not a bit of it. It’s just an example of the cock bird keeping the hen sweet for the duration. Once the season is over, he’ll be chasing her off the table to have all the food to himself. Or vice versa, maybe. That’s how nature works.

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