Kozhikode: Here’s a strange story of an eagle playing guardian to chickens, which form part of its staple diet! In a mysterious twist, an eagle known to be one of the most ferocious predators in the avian kingdom is nurturing two chicks as its own, proving that love and affection exist in the birds’ world too.
Madhavan, the owner of this bird got it from a coconut vendor with its limb broken after a nasty fall from a coconut tree some months back. With constant caring, the eagle got cured completely and started living with this family. It alerts the owners when strangers try to enter the house and scares away stranger. The eagle loves the children of the house and makes it a point to follow them to the cricket field and return with them after an exciting game.
Though the bird has not been trained by anyone, it has a natural instinct to protect the chicken under its feather and to feed them with its own beak. It shares a unique relationship with these chicks and does not hesitate to scare away the mother hen too at times to grab the custodian rights of these two week old birds. This unique example firms up the fact that even birds have feelings and emotions just like or even better than the supposedly civilized clan of humans!
It’s high time that humans, who do not mind going to any heinous extent for his personal benefits, draw a cue or two from the selfless love of these mute creatures!
