Posted on 04/09/2010 6:04:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- An acrobatic display of passion proved too much for a pair of eagles engaged in a mating dance over Alaska's Prince William Sound.
The female bird is recovering from injuries sustained when the couple slammed beak-first into a hard snowbank in what her rescuers believe was an aerial courting ritual gone awry...
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I suppose this is the avian equivalent to rug burns or the old face-plant-into-the-headboard.
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