A thrilling yet touching moment unfolds for a mother duck and her newborn baby ducklings atop a building in the heart of the city.
The mother duck bravely jumped down from a tall building with her ducklings, and waited anxiously for her ducklings below. However, to the ducklings left on the high ledge, which was as high as the roof of the building, this height was like a cliff.
The young cubs were so frightened that they hesitated to jump, and just stood there. A man witnessing this tragic situation stepped forward.
To help the ducklings down to their mother, he carefully leaned against the wall of the building and spread his arms out to create a safe landing spot for the ducklings to jump down.
And then, a moment later, something truly incredible and unimaginable happened: one of the most vulnerable baby ducklings, trusting the man who so many animals were wary of, jumped down without hesitation.
This sight of a wild baby duck, who should be wary of people, throwing itself at a stranger with only one thought in mind: to get back to its mother, was a miraculous moment that will never be seen again.
When the first duckling to jump safely returned to its mother’s arms through the man’s safe hands, the remaining ducklings, without a doubt, gained courage.
What was even more surprising was that these little guys jumped down at the man one by one in an orderly manner, as if waiting for their turn.
Although they could have jumped all at once in a chaotic manner, the ducklings acted as if they knew how to trust and care for the person helping them, leaving a deep impression on the onlookers.
Thanks to this touching rescue drama created by the warm actions of humans and the pure faith of animals, all the baby ducks were eventually rescued safely and returned to the water with their mother.
Animal behavior experts interpret this remarkable phenomenon as a combination of the baby ducks’ “imprinting” phenomenon and their “survival instinct.”
Baby birds, including ducks, have a strong instinct to recognize the first moving object they see as their mother and unconditionally follow it.
Because the mother duck jumped down first and made noise, the ducklings’ instinct to follow her would have been the strongest.
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Ducklings have a strong survival instinct that they need to get down from buildings to survive, and after seeing one duckling safely lowered by a man, it is likely that the rest of the ducklings instantly recognized the human, who they had previously perceived as a dangerous obstacle blocking their ‘way to their mother’, as part of a ‘safe escape route’.
That is, the desperation to get to her mother alone overcame her wariness of potential danger and made her ‘trust’ the man who offered her help.
