The male bird died, and the female bird risked her life to protect her lover for several hours until both of them were taken away by quarantine officers. "She seems to be so sad that she is still waiting under the gaze of hundreds of onlookers, as if she is isolated from the world." Although it was March, the scene was still fixed in the minds of onlookers.
On the screen of Tang's mobile phone, it is not her own beautiful photos or movie stars, but a pair of birds-one bird fell to the ground and died, and the other bird stood quietly by, looking at her companion on the ground with sad eyes.
"No small animal has ever made me want to cry so much." Tang is a student in Class 5, Grade 2, Lijiatuo Tsinghua Middle School in Banan. Three months ago, she witnessed a pair of spoony birds' unforgettable love for life and death.
When the male bird dies, the female bird is infatuated with it.
The mother bird stood by, her small eyes looked sadly at her lover on the ground, and her yellow mouth was tightly attached to him.
Yesterday, Mr. Chen Tingfu from Tsinghua High School clearly remembered that it was the afternoon of June 28th last year. 165438+ The first class was about 10 minutes after class. At about 2: 40, he just walked out of the office on the ground floor of the high school teaching building and saw the spoony bird by the gate.
"I found a bird lying on the ground, dead, and another bird standing beside me, motionless, sad, desperate and painful. I don't know how long this bird has been guarding ... "This is Chen Tingfu's impression of the bird with yellow mouth, dark gray feathers and black wings. The difference is that the dead bird's head is black and the widow's head is gray. Worried that it was a virus infection that killed him, Chen Tingfu hurried back to the office and told Luo Jian, secretary of the Youth League Committee of the school.
Luo Jian, who teaches biology, can see at a glance that this is a migratory bird called the black-tailed toucan, which is rare in Chongqing. By the color of his head, he recognized that the male bird was dead and the other was a female bird.
The male bird fell to the ground, his eyes closed, his feathers fluffy, and there were no obvious scars. The female bird stood by, her small eyes looked sadly at her companion on the ground, and her yellow mouth was tightly attached to the male bird. "At that moment, I felt that my heart was hit by something, an unspeakable taste-I think they should be lovers." Luo Jian recalled: "She didn't move. I walked beside her and she didn't seem to notice. We don't know how birds feel, so we can only guess by human feelings. She looks like hopelessness and despair. "
Worried about virus (bird flu) infection, at 2: 50, Luo Jian called the health and epidemic prevention department and asked them to quarantine the dead birds. During this time, the female bird has not moved, just like a sculpture.
Luo Jian circled the birds with red chalk and put a warning sign "Don't go near" beside him-the couple's last time together was running out, and the class would be over soon, so they couldn't bear to be disturbed.
Don't leave if you are frightened.
Nearly a hundred teachers and students were silent collectively-they found that no matter how many people were around, the female bird only saw her lover.
At 3: 10, the first class ended and students came out of the teaching building.
"ah! Look at these two birds. " Someone shouted and exclaimed, attracting a group of classmates, but failed to disturb the mother bird.
There are more and more onlookers, and everyone is discussing how the male bird died. Killed? Food poisoning? Or a virus infection? People are scrambling to take pictures with their mobile phones.
Gradually, the voice is getting louder and louder. Finally, nearly a hundred teachers and students were silent collectively-they found that no matter how many people were around, the female bird was completely unaffected. Perhaps, she heard "terrible" voices around, but she still didn't move. Even when someone took pictures next to her body, she didn't move, didn't even blink her eyes, and didn't turn to look at the people around her-she only had her lover in her eyes.
"In normal times, this kind of bird is very scary. If someone moves, it will fly far away. " Luo Jian said.
"It seems that she has been desperate to put her life and death in danger. No matter what humans want to do with her, she does not care. " Yu Wen of Class 0/7, Grade 2, witnessed the whole process. After class 10 minutes, his feelings for the two birds changed three times, from initial curiosity to sympathy, and then to touching and worshiping the female birds.
"My nose is sour, so I quickly turned my head away for fear that tears would fall." Hu Yuling, a classmate of Class 1, Grade 2, said, "That female bird must want to spend her last time with her lover and can't bear to leave. In other words, she is standing by and not letting others hurt him. " Later, when Hu Yuling told his parents about this scene, his parents didn't believe it at first, and then they were silent. "My parents often quarrel about trivial things that are not worth it at all. Later, when they do this again, I will remind them to think about these two birds, and they will gradually figure it out. " Hu Yuling said that birds taught their whole family a vivid lesson.
3: 18, a student reached out to touch the female bird out of love, and the female bird finally moved. She flopped onto a teacher's shoulder, stayed for less than a second and flew back to the ground. After walking around the male bird, she returned to her former appearance-her small eyes looked sadly at her lover on the ground, and her yellow mouth was tightly attached to the male bird.
This is the only movement of this female bird in such a long time.
No one dares to do it again, and no one has the heart to disturb the mother bird. Luo Jian has been taking pictures. He is as light as possible.
Love between life and death, moved by the cold wind.
The female bird still didn't move. Nothing seems more important than guarding her lover-even her own life.
At 3: 20, classes began again. After 40 minutes, when people return to the birds again, they are like a frozen picture, unchanged from 40 minutes ago.
"I didn't expect birds to be so affectionate and righteous, which is beyond the reach of human beings." This is the most emotional feeling of teachers and students.
"I have only heard that some birds are loyal to their partners before, but I have never seen them." Teacher Li Zhou, who teaches music, said that when she told Menstruation about it, Menstruation cried on the spot. Li Zhou's mobile phone still holds the photo of life and death falling in love, which she named "touching scene".
When the cold wind blows gently, the male's feathers begin to tremble, and so do the female's feathers. Some students tightened the collar of the down jacket, but the female bird still did not move. Everything around her means nothing to her. She seems isolated from the world, even if she is frozen, even if she is caught. Nothing seems more important than protecting your lover, even your own life.
"This reminds me of' noble love'." Luo Jian said: "One is a man and the other is a bird, but life has one thing in common-the grief of survivors is unimaginable, and the power of love can never be imagined."
The fate of the female bird has left endless suspense.
Today, many people in Tsinghua High School still keep the last photos of love birds on their mobile phones and computers.
At 4: 45, the staff of the health and epidemic prevention department of Banan District rushed to the scene. "What are you doing? Where are you taking them? Isn't it good to let them stay together for a while? " When the couple were about to be taken away, some students expressed "dissatisfaction".
When the staff put on gloves and reached out to the two birds at the same time, the female bird didn't resist at all and was at her mercy. At this time, since the discovery of these two birds, the female bird has been guarding the male bird for 2 hours.
Luo Jian clearly remembered the scene: "Even in mid-air, her eyes never left the male bird. When the male bird was put into the sealed bag, her wings flapped twice. When she saw that she was also taken to the car, she immediately became quiet and looked at her lover intently. Looking at that situation, it seems that as long as you are with your lover, it doesn't matter whether you are dead or alive. " Luo Jian said, "My heart seems to have been hit hard by something again."
Soon, the epidemic prevention department called, and after dissection, it was preliminarily concluded that the male bird died of food poisoning, and they also released the female bird.
Today, the teachers and students of Tsinghua Middle School are still talking about the love of life and death of the spoony birds. Many people are still touching the photos on their mobile phones and computers. Apart from being moved and sad, people are most concerned about the fate of the female bird.
"We don't know the fate of the female. Maybe she survived alone. Maybe she went to another world to be with her lover. Anyway, we all express our deep blessings to her ... "Luo Jian's words were full of sadness.
Postscript:
When released, the female struggled many times and refused to fly.
The story of "Life and Death love birds" reported by Chongqing Evening News aroused strong response from readers, who were very concerned about the fate of this female bird obsessed with guarding her husband. The next day, the reporter found the staff who took the pair of loving birds away and pursued the whereabouts of the female bird.
Zhang Qiang is a staff member of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station in Huaxi Town, Banan District. On the afternoon of June 28th last year, after receiving the notice from Banan District Animal Health Supervision and Inspection Institute, he rushed to Tsinghua Middle School.
Seeing the scene that the female bird is infatuated with guarding the male bird, Zhang Qiang also froze: "This kind of scene is something I have never seen before."
On the way back to the veterinary station, the female bird has been looking at the male bird in the sealed bag plaintively, without any struggle, ignoring the presence of people around her.
Fearing that the male bird died of infectious diseases, Zhang Qiang immediately dissected the male bird in the shop of the veterinary station. During the period, Zhang Qiang put her on the counter of the shop because she didn't dare to let the female see the autopsy process. "The whole anatomical process lasted for nearly 20 minutes. She didn't move, but stood there alone, her eyes resting on a seemingly empty place outside the door. I don't know what she is looking at or what she is thinking. "
The anatomy of the male bird ruled out the fatal factors of infectious diseases such as bird flu, and Zhang Qiang decided to release the female bird who lost her lover. "I threw her into the air, but she fluttered her wings twice and fell to the ground. I thought she was injured and couldn't fly, so I gave her a careful examination and found nothing unusual. Throwing it again, she still fell to the ground, and this was repeated several times. I think I can only put her on the street tree, but I am worried that she will get hurt. "
At 5: 30 in the afternoon, Zhang Qiang took the female bird to the street garden near the Tuqiao turntable. Here, there is a forest of more than an acre. Zhang Jiangxuan chose a small Ye Rong with lush foliage and put this desperate female bird on the branch. "She stood on the branch and turned her head, still motionless." After observing for a few minutes, Zhang Jiangcai left.
The next morning, because he was worried about the mother bird, Zhang Qiang went to the forest again: "I looked all over the forest with the idea of seeing her and being afraid of seeing the body, but I didn't see her." Since then, Zhang Qiang has never seen this lonely love birds. "Maybe she went to a brand-new place and started her lonely life."