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An English infographics to Flickr tells you that so far we only attributed properties are also in the realm of other animals.

Humor, tool use, long-term memory, complex communication, emotions, culture, counting and self-knowledge - we thought long and we were the only ones who have to show these skills need us but through research can always teach a better. The fact that we are inferior physically, we do not start yesterday - the only long-distance running is not (yet) a humanoid best discipline.

A good, informative graphics.

Pigeons under the road bridge B 404 at Geesthacht. 150mm, 1/160 sec, f4.5, ISO 400, fill flash.

Somehow reminded me of the little band of pigeons to a street gang. The three birds were sitting there a long time on the pier under the bridge above them thundered the vehicles in front of them the same, and prized their neighborhood. From time to time another dove landed and delivered something that the origin was in the middle now closer look. Extortion? Repayment of old gambling debts?

'Power' s departure, we are the residents here, "expressed the three figures each spring with their bodies. Rhythmic cooing and nodding - missing only the right gangsta rap .

Yesterday's was, at noon. It cracked significantly from the ducks corner of the balcony. Eizähnchen threaded their way through the calcareous shell. Saucy ducklings under, beside and in front of the mother, and before you know it so twelve (12 words), squat. Here is a small photo gallery:

Today, early in the morning, then fleeing the nest. Some chicks have made it to the top of the wall, some have slipped and landed on the balcony. There are about four meters head to Fleet, departed, but as a mom is, did those who were able to climb the obstacle, in defiance of death afterwards. The transport was, however prepared, the chicks were collected and brought the mother chattering excitedly to the water. Short inventory control, all twelve were "out of the box" to your Mama scurry - and swam away with her.

The drama of last year will save us. Three crosses.

150mm, 1/400 sec, f6.3, ISO 200 Seagull at the port of Hamburg.

So it now looks anywhere on our balconies. Nope, nice eats watts! My family loves flowers, of course. Garden centers are currently in high demand. Potting soil with a high proportion of guano, a variety of young plants, sowing - the shopping list is long, filled to the bursting of the bicycle trailer regularly.
My oldest, now read compatible (you know: tongue clamped between her teeth, finger on the plastic, "Guano ... guano!"), Asked me right in the market, what was the guano.

I had it on the tongue, to tell him that "guano, even so, this is a fine-grained mixture of various calcium phosphates such as brushite (CaHPO 4 · 2H 2 O), monetite (CaHPO 4), whitlockite (CA9 (Mg, Fe) [HPO4 / (PO4) 6]) and various apatites and nitrates and organic compounds. "
But nothing there, instead I said ". Bird poo that landed on limestone" Big eyes, then (maybe one or two Ideechen too loud): "bird poop?"
I nodded, he did it but as a budding biologist to know more - penguins, cormorants, all right.

"But those, right?" He asked, at home, pointing to our breeding guest. No, not even alone, because the host but secretes liquid manure, but it lacks in the area of ​​limestone.

Now times that among us: The one with the planet and everyone can Blomen. Provided that the thumb is green rather than black, but it will work. Our breeding guest, however you can not beat determined.
Two years ago, a duck trying to take possession of our window box. Although they laid eggs, but did not return to complete their breeding business. We were so considerate as a family with two boys can just be. Last year they came back, laid eggs and hatched again until the optimum point. The family was allowed to watch even as the chicks with their Eizähnen paved a way through the dish to life. The chicks were taken to the Fleet, together with mom, as she prepared to push the little ones from the balcony. During the subsequent inspection of the "incubator" for the design and provision yes but is more of a flower pot, my wife discovered two eggs that were not in the pile of shells, but somewhat marginalized. But because they were still warm, incubated the surrogate mother on the eggs. A neckline is good not only for aesthetic reasons but also as a nest. From two eggs actually hatched chicks. One thing was very sickly and small, one had a bent towards the rear head. The schmächtigere Pipsie was called, a decision of the guys who bend the neck was called stargazers.

Pipsie died just three weeks later, had hardly put on weight and denied even the hand-feeding chicks with loose grain in a largely syringe. Stargazer is some six weeks ago has become its chick has eaten grain later even themselves. The weakness of the neck had initially given to high-dose vitamin K-/B-Injektionen but occurred again.

Some things are much easier to bear when one is not the one to which the chicks scurry behind, on whose shoulders it falls asleep and his beard plucked it continually. # Small break from writing.

This year, the duck's back. And so she sits there, watching us as we watch her, gives her last petticoat, in order to provide a good breeding business, and when we wake up soon left early, hopefully have gathered a whole bunch of chicks around.

The biggest favor they did me when they could not return two eggs. And my wife does not serve the section as a breeding ground again and again I would not risk my emotional integrity. (@ Johanna: What does this actually makes for an impression, when men are at the vet and weep for a duck chick?)

Hainschwebfliege (Episyrphus balteatus) = Winterschwebfliege, Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare). 45mm, 1/250 sec, f9, ISO 200