Male Eagle Decides To Build A Nest And Attempt To Incubate A Rock, The Zoo Asks Visitors To Not Worry About Him (Viral Twitter Thread)

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Mar 28, 2023 12:00 PM EDT

Some animals live different. They shatter norms, they defy expectations, they say "heck nature" and do whatever they want. We've seen a bobcat deciding it prefers to live like a housecat after getting rescued- because why not spend the rest of your life getting pampered? We've seen a deer start acting like a puppy- running around, playing with its humans. We've even seen a giant shoebill fall in love with a human man- to the point of getting defensive over other birds being around him. It always happen, and it's always either funny or cute. 

Today's story is… hilarious. it's about a male eagle deciding to build a nest and incubate a rock. Yes, a rock, not an egg. And he's very serious about it, sitting on the rock constantly, keeping it warm and happy. This eagle does it enough that the zoo where it resides had to put up a sign about it, and the internet could not get over it.

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    Organism - brooke foster, 2023 edition @lonesometoast losing it Is that Eagle hurt?! f you see an eagle lying down in the ack left corner under a perch, that's Murphy! urphy is not hurt, sick, or otherwise distress. He has built a nest on the round, and is very carefully incubatir a rock! We wish him the best of luck 10:52 PM. Mar 25, 2023 from Fenton, MO . 3.4M Views 15.3K Retweets 713 Quotes 121.2K Likes 2,193 Bookmarks
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    We can only imagine what led the zookeepers to putting up this sign. The number of concerned people who must have asked about this silly bird who decided to become a father must have been astounding. We're glad they put it up though, since it's one of the funniest things we have seen all day.

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    Not going to lie, we would have wondered about him too had we seen this. And we are not surprised at all that Murphy went viral over because of it. It's in cases like this that we really wish we were able to understand animals, because we so desperately want to know what is going on through Murphy's head when he does this.

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    Plant community - Is that Eagle hurt?! If you see an eagle lying down in the back left corner under a perch, that's Murphy! Murphy is not hurt, sick, or otherwise in distress. He has built a nest on the ground, and is very carefully incubating a rock! We wish him the best of luck!
    via @lonesometoast
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    Vision care - brooke foster, 2023 edition @lonesometoast Murphy (and his rock) live at World Bird Sanctuary in St. Louis, an extraordinary place that rehabilitates birds of prey and provides lifelong care for many kinds of birds who cannot be released back into the wild. worldbirdsanctuary.org @WBSSTL do worldbirdsanctuary.org World Bird Sanctuary | Preserve, Protect and Inspire World Bird Sanctuary rests peacefully on 305 acres of Missouri hardwood forest, next door to Lone Elk County Park and
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    Bird - World Bird Sanctuary CEO @WBSSTL Murphy does not need a real egg to feel accomplished!!He's quite content with his rock, and VERY protective of it! After his spring hormones have run their course, he will get bored and move on to other activities. Poor rock. 5:54 PM Mar 26, 2023 209.9K Views
    via @WBSSTL
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    Font - THEE MotherofGeeseAA @txdemforever Replying to @lonesometoast My female geese incubated eggs that weren't fertilized, no gander. I felt bad for them and got them baby ducks to raise. They are a happy lesbian couple with their duck babies. Ducks are grown but they still follow them around and watch over them. Oh, and they are also lesbians. 4:44 AM. Mar 26, 2023 · 96.8K Views 260 Retweets 19 Quotes 6,838 Likes 109 Bookmarks
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    Oval - Natalie Borges @coollikeasquid Replying to @lonesometoast One day I found a very round rock in my ducks' nest carefully placed in between the morning's eggs. I still have it. ALT 5:19 AM - Mar 26, 2023 55.3K Views .
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    Font - brooke foster, 2023 edition @lonesometoast Replying to @txdemforever Omg I want to option the rights to this animated film 4:51 AM - Mar 26, 2023 77.7K Views
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    Font - Jah @freelyjaded Replying to @lonesometoast I want to go to the zoo now. 6:48 PM Mar 26, 2023 4,240 Views
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    Font - brooke foster, 2023 edition @lonesometoast Replying to @freelyjaded if you have a bird sanctuary near you, be sure to check it out! murphy lives at the World Bird Sanctuary just outside of St. Louis. :) 7:03 PM - Mar 26, 2023 3,880 Views
    via @lonesometoast
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    Font - jen zamolodchikova @KatyaAndYourDad Replying to @lonesometoast He's gonna be the best dad 2:28 AM Mar 26, 2023 · 14.2K Views
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    Font - Carrie Cross @carriecross1974 Replying to @lonesometoast I follow this sanctuary page on IG and Murphy is a VERY devoted father to his rock egg. He has, historically, NOT been interested in finding a mate, but LOVES being a nurturer. We stan a king. 7:45 PM - Mar 26, 2023 3,127 Views .
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    Font - Aoife "Fe" Baker @vivaciousvandal Replying to @lonesometoast Petition to get Murphy a fertilized egg to incubate and raise. 5:47 AM - Mar 26, 2023 · 31.7K Views
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    Sky - Andrew Nease @Andrew_R_Nease Replying to @lonesometoast Meanwhile, about five weeks later: ALT FIFIRI ...
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