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TIL about Murphy, a disabled Bald Eagle who became famous after he attempted to hatch a rock. In 2023 the keepers of his sanctuary replaced his rock with an orphaned eaglet, allowing Murphy to finally become a real parent

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/eagle-who-thought-rock-was-an-egg-finally-has-a-chance-to-be-a-dad-180982034/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1bpygcr/til_about_murphy_a_disabled_bald_eagle_who_became/

Eagle Who Thought Rock Was an Egg Finally Gets to Be a Dad

A lucky coincidence has given Murphy the opportunity to nurture an eaglet of his own
Teresa Nowakowski (Smithsonian Magazine)
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Probertd8
A real chip off the old block.
What a wonderful story.
Mother Bones AKA Bae'd Runner
This hilarious eaglet, though 😂

#eagles #birds
A baby eagle covered in gray down, with lighter fuzz sticking up on its head, enormous stubby gray floppy looking wings, and huge chicken-feet that look bigger than its head. It is sprawled awkwardly on a padded surface wearing a saucy, confrontational, open-beaked expression.
#birds #Eagles
Elizabeth
Since this happened last year, I looked up the World Bird Sanctuary for an update.

"The eaglet that he raised was successfully released into the wild."
A facebook comment thread. A user asks: "Does Murphy still have his rock baby?" World Bird Sanctuary replies: "the actual rock was auctioned off because once it "hatched" he no longer wanted the rock. The eaglet that he raised was successfully released into the wild."
Magnus Ahltorp
The expression is so similar:
Sam the Eagle
William Canna-bass
Such a sweet story.
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