For the Valentine’s edition of photo of the day, I figured I’d try to find the most romantic pair of creatures in my collection of images — an endeavor which led me to this pair of undeniably sexy ground hornbills. In Fact, we watched as the male hornbill, in an act of pure chivalry, shared a delicious dung beetle with the female before grooming.
Fantastic shot. If this isn’t pure love, I don’t know what could be. You can see the love in their eyes, their grooming and of course in the delicious meal they shared.
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For the Valentine’s edition of photo of the day, I figured I’d try to find the most romantic pair of creatures in my collection of images — an endeavor which led me to this pair of undeniably sexy ground hornbills. In Fact, we watched as the male hornbill, in an act of pure chivalry, shared a delicious dung beetle with the female before grooming.
Where was picture #15 of your web page’s taken (the bunch of horse shoe crabs)? Can you send us that one? Thanks!
A dung beetle, how romantic. These two must have been married for a while.
Fantastic shot. If this isn’t pure love, I don’t know what could be. You can see the love in their eyes, their grooming and of course in the delicious meal they shared.
undeniably sexy?!?!?!?!? you Mr. Crane have issues!
LMAO
Hi Patricia, that was taken in Cape May, New Jersey. Every year in May, the largest concentration of horseshoe crabs in the world congregate along the coastal areas of the Delaware Bay. I posted that shot back on March 16 of 2010 (https://seancrane.com/2010/03/horseshoe-crabs-4/) and then again on October 22, 2010 (https://seancrane.com/2010/10/natures-best-highly-honored/).
Thanks Patti, Bob and Tina. It was fun watching the courtship behavior of these odd birds.