There is no greater power than a mother’s.

Images once traveled the world. It was a stork that lived on the roof of the Brunete town hall in Madrid. There, she devotedly looked after her chicks until a fire surrounded the building. The stork flew through the flames, risking its own life only to save its young. Just like Scarlett, a stray cat who lives in an abandoned building and sees the power of the flames and enters it to save her kittens. Recorded by incredible firefighters for their bravery and delivery.

These are just two of the millions of cases recorded since the existence of mobile phones. But even without cell phones, those of us devoted to animal welfare already had similar visions. The first ones I got were for TVE.

In a wetland, we were able to record how avocets and stilts, two typical birds of those regions, represented the “dance of the wound” when they detected our presence while they were fully raising their chicks.

This kind of dance always begins with the female seeing how an animal approaches her calf. Just at that moment, he will fly towards them, given the danger of being dangerous birds. However, it will do this not in a straight line, but by swirling, moving up and down in the air as if it has been injured and its wings cannot sustain flight. Thus, in order to save her young, she will attract danger and try to show herself as an easy and wounded prey.

He will interpret this plot for a moment, but when he observes that whoever approaches him, whether human or animal, remains stuck to the ground without leaving him, he will immediately change his strategy. He then settles down on the ground and starts walking with a limp as if one of his legs was broken. Again, he will pretend to be an easier victim and more food than his offspring.

Nobody taught him how to do it. Driven by survival instinct. The same that mobilizes wolves, deer, or wild boars if their cubs are in danger. Infinite power of all mothers who always protect our lives and animals.