Fallen

magalomania:

gloria-swanson:

His mate was seriously injured after she was hit by a car as she swooped low across the road. He brought her food and tended to her with love and compassion.
He brought her food again but was shocked to find her dead. He then tried to move her….a rarely-seen effort for swallows. Aware that his mate is dead, he cries with adoring love. He stood beside her body with sadness and sorrow.
People cried after seeing these pictures when they were published in the leading newspaper in France. All copies of the paper were sold out on the day the pictures were released.

And many people think animals don’t have emotions.

this reminds me of the time I saw a dead crow in the road on my way to school. when I passed it again going home later that day, there were dozens of crows surrounding it in the tree branches and gyring above, cawing. I remember feeling like I’d just interrupted a wake.

Necrophilia.

http://www.improbable.com/2009/04/03/unusual-swallow-necrophilia/

(via pandarican)