Jungle Birth

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>Tourists brought fluffy ponies to the island.
>Thought they were cute pets.
>Some got left behind, now there's a breeding population.
>Locals don't consider fluffies so cute.
>Fluffy ponies wreak havoc on vegetable gardens.
>They absolutely love sugar cane, and plague the fields.
>Locals drive fluffy ponies out into the rain forest.
One day...
>Out hiking in the jungle.
>See a very fat fluffy mare waddling around.
>She's breathing heavily, looks to be in some pain.
>Must be pregnant, ready to foal.
>Looking for a safe place to give birth.
>Don't know why she's alone and not with a herd.
>Hide in the brush...create a blind.
>Set up video camera.
>Time to observe; for SCIENCE.
>Mare finds a sheltered space behind a log, under a bush.
>Pants and whimpers as its amniotic sac breaks.
>Sobbing and crying in great pain the mare pushes out a wet slimy foal.
>She pulls the squeaking foal to her and cleans it.
>Mare begins pushing again; must be the placenta.
>No...it's another foal.
>Wild mare had twins.
>She seems worried, cleans the second foal as quickly as she can.
>Hungry babies are already crying for milk.
>Mare pushes again...this time it really is the afterbirth.
>Ignoring the foals for a minute she eats the placenta.
>Something really must have her worried.
>Wild animals instinctively destroy the placenta so predators don't smell it.
>She's not fast enough.
>The predators have found her.

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>Fluffy mare looks around in terror.
>The land crabs have found her birthing spot.
>She's big enough to escape them, but her newborns can barely move.
>Fluffy momma snaps at crabs, desperately keeping them away from babies.
>The two blind foals squirm around, looking for milk.
>They are unaware of the danger.
>Their loud squeaks attract more crabs.
>Frantic fluffy momma can't keep her foals in one place.
>She can't protect them.
>Crab pinches one baby.
>It squeals in pain.
>Momma fluff rushes over and chases that crab away.
>Other baby screams...it's got 3 crabs picking at it.
>Momma can only defend one baby at a time.
>Crying in panic, she tries to push babies together so she can protect them.
>It's not very effective.
>If she had a herd, other fluffies would help protect the foals.
>For whatever reason, this mare has no herd.
>Bigger foals could climb onto her back.
>These are just newborns, they aren't strong enough.
>Whenever momma turns her back the crabs swarm her unprotected foal.
>"Go 'way widdle munstas! Weave babees awone!"
>It's hopeless.
>Minutes after drawing their first breath, the terrified squeals of the babies cease.
>The exhausted momma fights off the crabs for another 20 minutes.
>Finally, she can fight no longer.
>Tearfully, she abandons her lost foals.
>The crabs feast.
>Discovery Channel buys the dramatic video you shot.