Pankratous
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I was on an island in Croatia with a large peacock population (Lokrum) and my girlfriend and I were watching a baby chick struggling to surmount a wall that was ever so slightly too tall.
After numerous attempts it eventually managed to climb over the wall, but in its haste to catch up with its mother it ran full pelt into this big ass hole in the ground.
I say big ass, I'm being relative. This hole was probably between 2 and 3 ft deep. It could not get out.
It was shrieking loudly enough that mum noticed and came back, but the gap into the hole was way too narrow for her to fit down and even attempt to grab her chick back.
Mum was now making worried noises and seemingly calling for reinforcements because a bunch of other peacock/hen showed up to have a look.
Now it took me a while to do anything to help, because five minutes previously I'd seen the mum absolutely tank a rabbit that wandered too close, so I didn't wanna get fucked up myself.
I started to edge closer and closer, and I probably could have reached in with my arm and grabbed the chick but I'm pretty sure the Mum & Co would have pecked me to death.
So where the hole was, behind it there was a brick wall, like a foot tall. So I walked along that and my girlfriend had the genius idea of using her scarf to lift it out, like a sling. I lowered the scarf in, in such a shape that the chick could just walk into it.
It was scrambling around in there trying to get out, so it walked into the scarf pretty quickly. I gently and slowly lift it out. Pretty sure Mum doesn't even really know I'm doing so because of the sling technique. That or she realised I'm not trying to eat her baby.
Anyway, I put the chick on to the grass and let it run off with Mum.
Had to share because it felt really good. They were both panicked as fuck and it felt nice to resolve it.
After numerous attempts it eventually managed to climb over the wall, but in its haste to catch up with its mother it ran full pelt into this big ass hole in the ground.
I say big ass, I'm being relative. This hole was probably between 2 and 3 ft deep. It could not get out.
It was shrieking loudly enough that mum noticed and came back, but the gap into the hole was way too narrow for her to fit down and even attempt to grab her chick back.
Mum was now making worried noises and seemingly calling for reinforcements because a bunch of other peacock/hen showed up to have a look.
Now it took me a while to do anything to help, because five minutes previously I'd seen the mum absolutely tank a rabbit that wandered too close, so I didn't wanna get fucked up myself.
I started to edge closer and closer, and I probably could have reached in with my arm and grabbed the chick but I'm pretty sure the Mum & Co would have pecked me to death.
So where the hole was, behind it there was a brick wall, like a foot tall. So I walked along that and my girlfriend had the genius idea of using her scarf to lift it out, like a sling. I lowered the scarf in, in such a shape that the chick could just walk into it.
It was scrambling around in there trying to get out, so it walked into the scarf pretty quickly. I gently and slowly lift it out. Pretty sure Mum doesn't even really know I'm doing so because of the sling technique. That or she realised I'm not trying to eat her baby.
Anyway, I put the chick on to the grass and let it run off with Mum.
Had to share because it felt really good. They were both panicked as fuck and it felt nice to resolve it.
