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A battle of life and death

      A   few   days   ago,   while   cycling   through   the   lowland   near   Bueckeburg,   we   saw   a   stork   that   was   looking   for   prey   on   a meadow.   I   took   a   series   of   pictures   of   that   bird.   Only   at   home,   while   checking   the   photographs,   I   noticed   the   drama   that   had been taking place:       The   stork   had   caught   a   mole   and   tried   to   get   it   in   the   right   position   so   that   it   could   swallow   it.   The   mole   on   the   other   hand was   kicking   violently,   fighting   for   its   life.   It   managed   to   escape   from   the   big   beak,   but   the   stork   caught   it   again.   Despite   all its efforts, the mole was drawn deeper and deeper into the stork’s beak until it was finally swallowed.