01.30.07
Elephant’s farewell
On the wildlife theme here is a most interesting article from the ST Magazine. The first half is a sad account of an elephant funeral..such things exist apparently. It’s a really well structured article. First we fall in love with the elephant but then……and a little note on how animal rights activists make life difficult for everyone else 
John of Dublin said,
January 31, 2007 at 11:20 am
Yes, interesting. Animals in the wild are fascinating.
There was a great National Geographic documentary recently on leopards in Kenya. In one part it followed an adolescent leopard as he foolishly but successfully took on and killed an adult baboon. On dragging the dead baboon up a tree he discovered a one day old baby clinging to its dead mother’s fur. Instead of eating the baby the leopard started gently taking care of it. The baby died from the night cold in the end but it was an amazing thing to watch. The baby looked almost human and the filming detail was excellent – especially in HD.