Rare! Twin Elephant Calves Born in Amboseli! Debunking Rumors! Lion Roaming the Port is Not in Africa
Happy Valentine's Day
Today is Valentine's Day, I sent a red heart card to my ONE, and I also wrote a letter to my friends in Africa.
I told my African friends that it was snowing in Beijing today, which was very beautiful, but I couldn't go out to watch the snow, and I was currently in Beijing's detention center. My travels in Africa will continue, just like the countless hardships we've faced together in the past.
Today I'm sharing two fun things from my African friends': cute twin baby elephants and a lion roaming around in the city.
The first news: cute twin baby elephants
cute twin baby elephants
15 hours ago, Kenya Wildlife Service officially released a bombshell news in the Kenyan wildlife and tourism circles:
A mother elephant just gave birth to a pair of cute twin elephants!
Angie's iconic reversed tusks
Elephants giving birth to twins is a rare event, rarely recorded in the wild. The mother elephant, nicknamed 'Angie', gave birth to twins – a male and a female. Angie was born in 1985 and lived in the Aberdare ecosystem, famous for her reversed tusks.
Keep your little ones safe under Mom's belly
Adult elephants always protect their little ones
Hungry, let's eat
The two little guys are named 'Amola' and 'AuroraB'. They're still very young and full of energy. They were born in a family of three sisters: 5-year-old Aspen, 9-year-old Amora, and 10-year-old Aurora. Aurora was adopted by Angie in 2010.
Recently, the iconic long-tusked elephant 'Big Tim' in Aberdare died (I reported on this in my previous article), which caused collective mourning among Kenyan and African wildlife and tourism friends. Everyone shared pictures of the extremely rare long-tusked elephant.
Life always has departures, and there are also births symbolizing hope. The birth of this pair of twins brought immense joy and was almost immediately a major news story.
Yes, on our planet, despite all the disasters, what's better than celebrating new, innocent life?
Congratulations to the new mom, welcome little angels to the beautiful wild!
The second news: a lion roaming around in the city
Yesterday, Kenyan media vaguely reported a group of magical pictures: lions roaming around the freight station near Nairobi's Train Station, immediately going viral.
I really have the full text here, it's in India
Nairobi lions often come out to wander, Nairobi people were surprised and alarmed, and would often regard such events as a sensational hunting news and follow up with curiosity. Why do lions come to the city? Did they go back? Did they hurt anyone?
I chased three news stories while in Nairobi. One was a group of lions blocking the road, causing vehicles to be stuck. Eventually, the lions stood up and went home, which was very comedic. In 2013, Nairobi National Park's Lion King Parade,
However, the two later events were about the sad Lion King losing his territory and accidentally wandering into human activity areas, bewildered and lost, and were watched and blocked by clueless passersby. One lion was frightened by a motorcyclist and died, and KWS officials shot him. Many wildlife experts were deeply saddened by the tragic fate of the Lion King.
In 2016, a lion in Nairobi National Park was shot and killed for hurting people
However, today KWS officially denied it, it happened in a port city in the Port of Pipawa, India.
Screenshot of KWS denial
I almost followed suit and forwarded it in my. I've been seeing too many unhappy news lately, and I need a little magic to smile and laugh.
After the official denial, I flipped through the news casually… it's rare to see such magical events in the human world. Lions and ports both came forward to claim the spotlight. Nigeria and Egypt also joined the fun. India just finished things off casually, as always.
Still like the Kenyan wildlife and tourism circle, that's a red and professional and serious spirit. Everyone gathers together to discuss big and small 'animal world' things. In Africa, as wildlife awareness grows alongside national consciousness, perhaps we and our African friends take every step differently, but with infinite courage and determination – for the future, for children to have a world with beautiful nature.
May in the future, on this planet, lions, leopards, elephants, and those cute animals still have their own little kingdoms and can live freely.
Photographer: Arnfinn Johansen
Finally, I want to share two pictures I really like with you: the Cheetah brothers bravely crossing the branch of the Mara River.
Cheetahs are afraid of water, especially young cubs, during rainstorms and floods, they often drown. Even if they miraculously survive, the terrifying memory is always deeply imprinted in their genes. So when lucky photographers saw this scene, they were all amazed!
Don't look back!
Don't look back!
THE ONE
Also for THE ONE of mine❤
thank u for being with me in all these difficult days...
