mosiac from book pompeii & hercvlanevm...photos my edwin smithin nature......a place where all sorts happen.... sometimes we can help ...most times not.....
I was watching the elephant program last night.....all sorts of drama going on...baby elephant being swept down river (mum did get it out) and all the panic that created... with mum carrying on....trumpeting in fear...baby's trunk trying to reach out for help.....older daughters lending support as best they could , knowing somehow all was not well......The mother was even swishing at the water with her tusks and trunk trying to break up the current and using her body as a shield so baby could get across..... needless to say my hands were covering my eyes and I was shrieking .....(these programs are not good for the heart you know...either the organ or the emotional one)....anyway....got over that trauma when a two month elephant calf was spotted being rejecting by another herd.....dear little thing you could see how sad and forlorn it was... all it wanted was a little comfort and the only member of the herd who seemed to care was a tiny youngster that reached out to touch and smell and inquire as all youngsters of most species do....the herd had to cross river again and youngster followed...it didn't have anyone to look after it....and the others were threatening it and bashing at it with their trunks...so sad...it managed to cross, no thanks to the others...and stood alone while the others wandered off feeding....it was definitely an orphan...apparently cos gestation is so long and babies are dependent until 16 years of age the mothers can't afford to waste time taking care of members from another group.....anyway by then I was in tears....(had to ring my sister to find out what happens)....dear little soul.......I can't cope with anything happening to babies of any species and animals in general....I think as humans we are one of the unkindest species seeing as we have intelligence....anyway Saba (the lady narrating the show) decide the orphan needed a hand and is going to try and rescue it to take to the Kenyan elephant orphanage ......( that's where I was born by the way.....nooooo.....not in an orphanage... in the country)....Hurrah....not sure wether that was successful as part two next week....little sod was proving more difficult to capture than first thought.....so I dried my eyes and hoped for the best....elephants really are amazing...they really do love each other within their own group anyhow and we should not shoot them....so there....and of course nature is itself is kinda cruel....lions eating little gazells and crocs eating wilderbeast and magpies eating baby birds etc etc....but that is something I have to come to terms with...damn hard though.......soooo that's my little bit for the day....hope you weren't too bored or depressed..... so until next time......toodleooooooo
mosiac from book pompeii & hercvlanevm photo edwin smith
2 of your thoughts.....:
Why do we watch these programs? I remember watching one that sounds like that one Mandi, and they DO save the little one, bless it's heart. Humans have a lot to learn from the animal kingdom, they are not unfeeling or lacking in love. I know that nature is at times difficult to watch as it appears cruel, yet look at humanity and there you will find the worst there is, we not only destroy all of nature we destroy our own kind too, my heart weighs heavy for the animals of our dying planet, if I alone could stop their suffering and save their lives I would in an instant. People like you and I make a difference because the Univesrse feels our love, hears our cries and that in its small way that helps more than you know. ^i^ xox
awww, you sound just like me. I get very emotional watching nature programs too.
Hope the little guy gets saved!
p.s. I sent you an email with some info you wanted, and have received 2 messages back saying that the message was undeliverable. Please let me know if you did get anything, if not I'll try again.
xo Kali
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