'He Thinks It's His Egg': Male Eagle Yearns To Be A Dad, Adopts A Rock Baby And Tries To Hatch It (Video)

Every living being has a parenting instinct. For some of us, the instinct is weak, and we either don't want to have kids or want to have very few. For others, the instinct is insanely strong, and they want to have big, big families. And for some animals, the instinct is so strong that they would do anything to have a baby. We have heard of cats adopting kittens from other litters, we have heard of cats adopting lynxes and raising them with their own kittens, and we have even heard of dogs adopting kittens, but we can say this with absolute certainty, we have never - not once - heard of a male eagle adopting a rock and trying to hatch it. 

Okay, yeah, it's hilarious, but it's also kind of adorable. Just seeing this precious bird take care of his rock so very gently, clearly wanting to be a dad to it so very badly is… well, look for yourselves and tell us that your hearts didn't melt at least a little, we dare you. 

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