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Love story of storks Malena, Klepetan continues in Croatia after 15 years

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Malena, a flightless female stork, rests in its nest in the village of Brodski Varos in eastern Croatia, on April 26, 2018. Malena's "love story" with the male stork Klepetan who migrates in August every year to South Africa and returns in March for its mate in the past 15 years has grabbed media attention in recently years.  - The famous "love story" between storks Malena and Klepetan who raise their young in a small village in eastern Croatia has been going on for 15 years. On March 29, the male stork Klepetan again returned to his injured flightless mate Malena after migrating south for the winter. Despite the 13,000-km-long ordeal, the bird found its way precisely to the same nest where he left in August. But, this year, Malena was not there. "He surprised me because I didn't expect him so early. It was cold and Malena was still in the garage. When he arrived, I instantly called Malena to come out and see who has returned," Stjepan Vokic, the m...

Apurba Kumar Pal

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Ants  are  eusocial   insects  of the  family   Formicidae  and, along with the related  wasps  and  bees , belong to the  order   Hymenoptera . Ants appear in the fossil record across the globe in considerable diversity during the latest  Early Cretaceous  and early  Late Cretaceous , suggesting an  earlier origin . Ants evolved from  vespoid   wasp  ancestors in the  Cretaceo .   this photo click by apurba kumar pal.