An Orangutan and a Dog ...
Posted February 27, 2010 in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Next month, I'll be traveling to Mexico for a visit to Laguna San Ignacio, a birthing ground for the gray whale that almost became a salt factory. I'm beyond giddy at the idea of looking these vast creatures in the eye and watching as they frolic with their babies and will certainly write about my experiences as soon as I return to the land of Internet access.
A video forwarded by a colleague today made me think of my upcoming trip with even more wonder. In the short piece, an orangutan and a hound meet and -- how can I say this without sounding stupid? -- seem to fall in love. (Okay, I can't say it without sounding over the top!)
But watch the video. See what you think of the hound-orangutan relationship. Can there be any doubt that these two very different critters establish a deep bond, a bond that seems utterly unimaginable.
NRDC has long worked to strengthen the essential connection between humans and other forms of life. What could prove that need more than the story of an orangutan and hound who meet and become best of friends?
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Josh Mogerman — Feb 27 2010 05:20 PM
Phil---
Many thanks. This is a great antidote to a "This American Life" piece that has been haunting me all week. It is long, but well worth your time to listen to the story of a chimpanzee raised in a human household, as a human, in an experiment about speciation. It is fascinating. It is horribly depressing. And in typical TAL style, it is exceedingly well-produced. It is a very different take on a similar theme---how do different species relate to each other---that brought tears to my wife's eyes. Check out act 2:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=401