Ab-DUCK-tion: Savage crow steals a duckling from its mother

Ab-DUCK-tion: Savage crow steals a duckling from its mother The video, shot in Belgium, shows seven young ducklings walking in a garden Their mother is on the other side of a wire fence and cannot do anything to prevent the crow swooping down It snatches one of the ducklings in its beak and perches on the top of a fence The mother duck flaps its wings but is unable to save her baby duckling 

By Jack Newman For Mailonline

Published: 20:01 BST, 2 May 2019 | Updated: 20:01 BST, 2 May 2019

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Nature can be unforgiving, even with the most adorable of creatures.

And this video shows the circle of life at its most heart-breaking as a baby duckling was snatched in front of its mother by a crow.  

The video was captured near Le Bons Villers in Belgium last week.

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