This story, of a chimp who saw the sky for the first time in her life – previously caged in a lab – got a lot of coverage. I had been meaning to post it. Here is the same story with an added compilation of animals seeing outdoors for the first time. (What we do to them is horrifying.) Get out your Kleenex, though.
Tag Archives: animals
The Animals are Done With us
If there is one thing I love, it is stories about animals making it clear they are none too pleased with us. I’ve collected a few:
Sea lions are charging humans.
Birds are using anti-bird spikes in their nests.
Birds undermine human attempt at fun in most delightful way.
Keep it up, animals. We deserve a lot worse.
New Column…
Speaking of Old Folks
Missing Link: Get Out Your Kleenex Edition
This should have been included in my most recent Beryl O’Links – it’s such a gorgeous story, though, that perhaps it is fitting to give it its own post. Ndakasi, an orphaned gorilla, dies in the arms of the ranger who saved her. (There is glory on this earth. We just don’t see it enough.)
Animals
It is our stupidity and cruelty and selfishness toward animals that has caused all of what we are now experiencing. So, in a way, I am glad that our lockdown is allowing them to roam more freely. My fear, however — and I believe it is justified — is that once we are out and about again, and they have become accustomed to us not being out and about, they will pay the price (as always).
Haiku Quintet: Corona Edition
Verse for these trying times. (You can also read my Ode to the Banana, my Haiku for Alex Trebek, and my Paris poem.)
CORONA HAIKU
Coronavirus
makes us stay inside and watch
reruns of Mad Men.
Covid 19 is,
I think, payback for human
abuse of critters.
So, while you watch Mad
Men or Bewitched, enjoy a
vegan snack or drink.
(If you choose Bewitched,
try not to channel Mrs.
Kravitz while shut in.)
And when we are free
again, don’t revert to the
eating of carcass.
Debussy for Elephants
Robbie Burns Day
I’m on time for Burns Day – not a week late as I was for Milne (see post below). Check out what I wrote two years ago, which in turn links to a previous Burns-related item.