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Death of the male owl falcon

In the mountains of Binga, Mozambique, live the masterpiece of God that best represents wild Africa, the owl falcon.

By FlenderPublished 2 years ago 8 min read
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In the mountains of Binga, Mozambique, live the masterpiece of God that best represents wild Africa, the owl falcon.

Owl falcons do not have any natural enemies, they are the overlords at the top of the food chain, except for humans. The Inga people, one of the few indigenous people in Mozambique, still retain the habit of safari life, and owl falcons are the best hunting helpers passed down from generation to generation.

Every Inga family will domesticate a pair of owl falcons, and Billy Gal is the most perfect male owl falcon in the Binga Mountains. The only one who can fly with Billy Gal is his wife Antonis.

Bigal didn't know that, in fact, it had always been the most concerned target of the Ingard hunters - if there was an owl falcon as good as Bigal as his assistant, every hunt would be full of rewards.

One evening, after soaring high in the sky for a long time, Biligal and Antonis returned to the nest, when a large net suddenly fell from the sky, covering the Biligals and their lair firmly. In just a few seconds, freedom was eerily fleeting, and the Biligals finally became the long-coveted things that seeped into the hunter's pockets.

The hunter who caught Biligal was Ansi. That night, he couldn't wait to start the domestication of the Inga tribe for thousands of years, the boil falcon.

The infiltrators never capture single owl falcons, nor do they capture single owl falcons. Their target is those couples of owl falcons in pairs. Because owl falcons, a bird of prey that regards love as its life, as long as significant others are around, even if they are struggling to survive, they will definitely support themselves to accompany each other - great love, but now it has become a hateful accomplice of being conquered.

Anxi put a rope net around Biggar and locked Biggar's legs to the ground with iron chains. Outside the rope net were tender mutton and water, and in the rope net facing him, Antonis, who was treated the same way. Biggar disdained the mutton and water, but his locked wife made it inexplicable. It kept scratching with its strong falcon claws, shaking the iron chain.

The next day, when the first ray of morning light dyed their green feathers, they already felt hunger in their bellies. Anxi held the mutton in front of Bigal, and Bigal spread his wings fiercely and rushed towards Anxi. Anxi dodged and turned his head to tempt Antonis, who still ignored the tender mutton. The Bigal couple, who had a good heart, began to peck the chain with their beaks, making a popping sound. The chain was still there, and the falcon's beak was soon dripping with blood. Bigal and Antonis continued to peck as if they didn't know the pain, and blood dripped down little by little, soaking the loess and rocks under their claws...

Two days and two nights passed, and they were still facing each other. However, the arrogance in Bigal's eyes slowly passed away little by little...

Another day passed and night fell, and finally, Antonis gathered the hairy feathers on his body, shrank his body and moved to the fire. He felt his helplessness, and his body began to tremble visibly. Anxi clearly saw that Antonis's eyes were exhausted, and a hint of pity flashed through his eyes.

Anxi walked into the net, took Antonis into his arms, and stroked its head. It no longer struggled with its beak. When Anxi held the tender mutton in his palm, Antonis quickly grabbed it one by one - it succumbed.

The sun rose and set, and when the moon hung on the treetops again, Billy Gard finally suppressed his anger in grief and indignation, and accepted Anxi's lamb and touch in vain - it did not fully surrender, it was waiting, waiting for one day to have the opportunity to escape Anxi's control and return to the sky.

However, Billy Gard underestimated Anxi, and the cunning human completely understood the hatred hidden in Billy Gard's eyes. When he wasn't sure that Billy Gard had completely succumbed, he wouldn't give it any chance to escape.

Every once in a while, Anxi would let Billy Gal and Antonis caged together for a few nights. Although Antonis in front of him was already a familiar stranger, after all, he was a significant other who had gathered with him in the mountains and a familiar body he had caressed. When he was snuggled up with Antonis, Billy Gal would still regard him as the wild significant other and lingered.

However, when Antonis laid his eggs and hatched, when Anxi held the chicks, who were closed and waiting to be fed, in the palm of his hand, and fed the mutton into the big mouths that were scrambling for each other, Bigal's heart suddenly sank to the bottom - it turned out that he would never have the opportunity to feed his offspring in person again. Perhaps, when the chicks opened their eyes, the first thing they saw would be the human who fed them, and they were just a reproductive tool. They would never know that this sluggish owl falcon who was locked in a cage all day was their biological father.

Bigal's eyes finally revealed ashes. When Anxi approached it again, it finally stopped struggling subconsciously, like a puppet, bearing all the frivolous contact and feeding of pity. Anxi knew that the owl falcon of his dreams had really survived.

Half a month later, under Anxi's careful rearing, Billy Gal's body quickly returned to its peak state. The black feathers stood like a black iron sculpture on Anxi's shoulders in the sun, and everyone would be amazed. Every time Anxi hunts, it will capture twice as much prey as other owl falcons, becoming the most perfect owl falcon in the history of the Inga clan.

It had completely forgotten that it was originally a proud owl falcon, and the sky was its home.

Originally, Bigal, who had been reduced to a tool, would have lived forever wearing the laurel crown of the "most perfect owl falcon", if it wasn't for that crow...

It was the hottest afternoon in July. Anxi went to the river beside the village to find coolness. He took Antonis and the little owl falcon with him. These were Anxi's pride, and the only one left was Billy Gal. Billy Gal is the ultimate weapon of his hunting, and he will never let Billy Gal face any potential danger except hunting. Therefore, Billy Gal can only stare at the splendid sky in his birdhouse in a daze.

Just as it was about to take a nap, with a harsh "quack" cry, a dark crow swaggered to the top of the birdcage and combed its feathers leisurely. Billy Gard was furious - crows have always been the thing it hates the most. When he was soaring in the sky, as long as he saw the figure of a crow, he would definitely swoop down and use his powerful wings to knock it off the dust - meat is not edible, crow meat is too rough, and it was destroyed because he hated this black and ugly animal.

Billy Gard raised his neck and let out a murderous scream, and the crow was really startled, and quickly flew away with a hustle and bustle. However, after a while, it seemed to like the top of the big bird cage and flew back, continuing to comb its ugly opium feathers no matter how you comb them.

Billy Gard became even more angry, and made a threatening roar again. The crow flew away again, and then came back again. After several times, Billy Gard's warning failed, and the crow seemed to be unable to hear the sound of death that had shattered the liver and gallbladder of its kind, and it stinks endlessly on top of Billy Gard's head.

Billy Gal was furious, flapping his wings and slamming into the cage. It was about to tear the ugly ghost who didn't know whether to live or die - but after the bird cage shook violently, there was a dull sound - Anxi made the bird cage extremely hard in order to trap Billy Gal. Billy Gal, who hit the top of the cage, was bounced back to the ground heavily, stirring up dust and disgraced.

The shock scared the crow again, and it flew up in panic, and then fell back leisurely after it calmed down. After a few times, no matter how hard Biggar rammed, it stood motionless on the top of the cage, enjoying Biggar's wonderful performance.

Finally, Billy Gard was tired and could no longer flap his strong wings and hit the top of the cage. The crow seemed to have finally combed, it flap its wings, croak, and swagger off to leave. But before leaving, it gave Billy Gard the biggest insult of his life - at the same time as taking off, a drop of shit pulled by the crow fell from the top of the cage, and landed on Billy Gard's forehead impartially.

The filthy excrement of the lowly bird suddenly made Bigal crazy. In its anger, it finally recovered its lost memories, self-esteem and unruly. It completely remembered that it was originally the proudest owl falcon...

That afternoon, one of the quietest afternoons, the village of Inga resounded with the sound of grief and indignation...

When Anxi returned to the village, he found that Billy Gal, his most proud owl falcon, was lying quietly on the ground in the cage, dripping with blood, most of his feathers fell off, and his body was stiff. It crashed into the cage and died. Anxi couldn't figure out why Billy Gal, who had been completely tamed, suddenly returned to his wildness and chose the path of suicide.

Anxi didn't know that being insulted by the strong was called conquest, and being insulted by the weak was called shame...

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