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blogslut

(37,999 posts)
Sun Jan 26, 2014, 03:52 PM Jan 2014

Sad? Symbolic? Or...

should I stop anthropomorphizing nature?

http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/world/birds-attack-peace-doves-freed-popes-window/nc3Zb/



VATICAN CITY —

Two white doves that were released by children standing alongside Pope Francis as a peace gesture Sunday were attacked by other birds.

As tens of thousands of people watched in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, a seagull and a large black crow swept down on the doves right after they were set free from an open window of the Apostolic Palace.

One dove lost some feathers as it broke free from the gull. But the crow pecked repeatedly at the other dove.

It was not clear what happened to the doves as they flew off...
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Sad? Symbolic? Or... (Original Post) blogslut Jan 2014 OP
... or just a crow being a crow. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2014 #1

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,339 posts)
1. ... or just a crow being a crow.
Sun Jan 26, 2014, 04:15 PM
Jan 2014

For a crow, I'd bet a dove looks like a fine tasty meal.

I have no idea what seagulls eat. Other than garbage. They love garbage.

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