Sometimes We Can Learn From Them

[MANIXWORLD]

Just thought i would share this;
I saw a piece on National Geographic, on the loving bond that excists between a mother elephant and her young newborn cub,and how the elephant cub was born with a defect,where the cub's frontlegs were slightly paralized and it couldn't move fast enough,to stay with the rest of the herd.
Eventually the herd had to move on,but the mother remained steadfast.
The mother elephant of the cub,tried to lift her child,to get it moving,but with much effort.
After a long while,the cub started excersizing its frontlegs with the help of the mother.
This all percisted,along with the love and affection,of the mother, to lead the little elephant cub to strengthen its frontlegs and start walking.
The mother and child quickly caught up,with the rest of the herd, and all was well.
I think alot of us humans sometimes, have alot to learn from animals,with regards to affection,keeping and sustaining our environment we live in liveable and healthy...and to remember, a little affection goes a long way.
Give love first,it costs nothing,but the reward of receiving love is priceless.
I sometimes wonder,who needs to be better educated,us or them.
Sofar us humans haven't scored enough,cause alot of our eyes still need to be opened.

[dete]

warm smile

[araneae]

warm smile

+1 :o We can learn a lot of lessons from the natural world.

[dialex]

This is the world we are living in. Maybe we should keep our ears more closed and our hearts more open.
I remember I've seen on Animal Planet a strange friendship that was born between a lion female and a gazelle cub lost from the herd. The lion treated the helpless cub like her own baby - offered shelter from the night's cold and protected it against the attack of the other lions.
They were both banished from both communities - the lions' and the gazelles' since they didn't belong to any of them anymore.
And they soon suffered from hunger, because the lioness could not leave the cub defenseless and go hunting. Eventually, the cub died of hunger and exhaustion, and the lioness returned among her own kind
But the interesting thing is that she kept adopting another gazelle cub, year after year, although none of them survived more than a couple weeks. :(
She kept trying what she, in her animal mind, thought is making good out of bad, because there wasn't another raw material to work with :(
And I couldn't help thinking at the Ecclesiastes (7.13):
Consider the work of God;
For who can make straight what He has made crooked?

[A.P.F.]

Manixworld, a very warm and welcome post.

Alex, some very profound words.

Thank you both.