Asian elephant Azizah gave birth to a male calf on September 16th at London's ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. The entire herd of ten elephants witnessed the birth, which took place outside, an unusual occurrence. Normally births take place inside the sheltered area of the enclosure. The zoo was excited about the birth taking place in a natural environment. Assistant Curator of Elephants Lee Sambrook said,
“It was wonderful to be able to witness a herd birth at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. We have a great track record with the elephant breeding program here, but seeing a baby born with all his aunties and uncles around in such a natural environment was an incredible privilege. Elephants are such social animals and you could see that the rest of the herd’s presence was just what Azizah needed to stay calm and do what she needed to do. The team of vets and keepers were standing by and monitoring her development, but it was so fantastic that the birth happened naturally, and with the herd’s help, rather than ours."
The Asian elephant is native to southeast Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east. These majestic animals are tragically classified as endangered due to habitat loss and poaching for ivory, meat and leather. It's hard to comprehend that someone would value a profit or a material over such imagnificent, awe-inspiring animals. -Via Zooborns.
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See - that just leads to playground taunts. We all have opinions, and many of us voice them. No one is immune to criticism and we all have the right to judge other people, that's what holds society together. If no one were allowed to voice criticisms anyone could do just anything they like - that's not a great place to live.
Where did this attitude that it's not OK to judge people come from, anyway? Why can't I say it's silly? I don't mind other people saying things I do are silly - if we were only allowed to be nice to people we'd soon have someone complaining that we weren't being nice /enough/ or were nice in the wrong sort of way.
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But then I was a blue collar photographer not many extravagant weddings in my portfolio. Sorry someone got hurt but it's still funny, just not as funny as wkrp and the flying turkey.