Watch: Pigeon Dies Protecting Her Baby From Scorching Heat

All animals and birds share some basic features, i.e.- the ability to move, reproduce and protect their children. This can be seen in a wide variety of species that live in different habitats. The ability to protect was also seen in a clip uploaded by a social media user on Instagram. The clip shows a dead pigeon covering her offspring.

The overlay text on the clip explains that this bird managed to protect her child from intolerable heat. However, she was unable to protect herself. The user, who shot the video, slightly removes the pigeon’s body to reveal her child. The user then places the bird’s offspring close to her mother’s body. In the background, the user attached the track Chunar from the film Any Body Can Dance 2, sung by Arijit Singh.

This clip evoked mixed reactions from social media users with many people appreciating the mother’s love for her child. Others, however, wondered why the baby’s bird was still not able to fly on its own and how it could land on the terrace of the house. Some viewers came up with their assumptions regarding this clip. One wrote that the person who shot the video might have killed the baby pigeon’s mother and now trying to take views. Another, however, disagreed and wrote that the female pigeon might have laid her eggs on the terrace where the child could have been born.

A similar incident was witnessed in a clip uploaded by a social media user on December 30, 2023. The video shows how a bird dared to fight a snake just to protect her children. It further shows a serpent trying to enter the interiors of a tree. It depicts a bird flying around the tree and repeatedly trying to attack the snake. This gives the idea that there is a nest of that bird in the interior of the snake. In the starting, her attempts fail but at last, she catches the snake with her beak and falls on the ground with it. It was followed by a fight between the two which concluded with the death of the bird.

The end of the clip shows that the snake has wrapped itself tightly around the bird that suffocated him and resulted in its death.