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Flamingos killed in Spain (1 Viewer)

I suppose that it is just nature (climate change?), but it was sad to see those dead and injured flamingos nevertheless. I have seen them a lot in the Ebro Delta further NE.
 
winkle said:
My Spanish is none existant, so can't read the text.

Interested to know how the heavy rain killed them.
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Heavy rain = Hailstones ...

Google 'online translator' - babelfish is a reasonable one (although of course plenty of nonsense comes up in the translation - entertaining at times ;) ) -

Not that the subject matter in this case is :-C . Seriously dangerous hailstones occur at times in southern europe - can write off cars etc, so not too surprised at this, but doesn't make it any better.
 
Had hailstones as big as golf balls here almost three years ago - totally peppered the car and smashed a rear window. Also had to take the dog to the vets with slight injuries. Certainly killed a lot of the feral pigeons in town.

So sad to see this happen to these majestic flamingos.
 
Last Winter we had a hailstorm which hit badly the White Wagtails and Sparrow Roost which left dozens dead in the morning a very sad sight :(
 
Richard Klim said:
I'm sure that we all wonder why nature can sometimes seem so unkind.
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Never.

You can only be unkind if you have consciousness, conscience and choice (OK, I'm no philosopher, but you know what I mean).

It is OK to feel very sad about this, but don't anthropomorphise nature.
 
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