Don't harm opossums! They’re harmless and actually really useful. They keep pests in check (eating ticks, roaches, rats, and scorpions), clean up dead animals, and help spread seeds. Basically, they’re nature’s cleanup crew
A group of grandmothers in Spain crocheted giant shade canopies to protect their town from extreme summer heat.
Made from recycled fabric and leftover yarn, the 500 m² installation can reportedly lower street temperatures by up to 5.5°C. 🧶
A New Mother, a New Home for an Orphaned Foal 💕
The foal’s mother died shortly after giving birth, leaving behind a foal that was still far too young to survive without milk. The farm had to find a solution quickly, but the question was not simply how to keep it alive. It was also how to give it the chance to grow up as a normal horse.
People can feed a foal with milk replacer. But a bottle cannot provide everything that a mother horse can.
A newborn foal needs nourishment, but it also needs to be around an adult horse to interact, observe and learn the social behaviours of its own species. That is why the farm found a mare that had previously been a good mother and arranged for her to foster the foal.
But their first meeting was nothing like a reunion.
The mare called out and rejected the foal. She did not immediately accept a youngster that she had not given birth to.
Then, about an hour later, that changed.
The mare began to accept the foal and allowed it to stay beside her. This moment shows that the mother and foal relationship in horses does not always appear immediately. Recognition is built through scent, sound, physical contact and the first interactions between the two animals.
But accepting the foal still did not mean that she could immediately provide enough milk for it.
In foster-mare arrangements, a mare can be stimulated to begin producing milk, but the milk supply takes time to increase. During that period, the foal still needs enough nourishment, so people fed it milk replacer for around two weeks, until the foster mare was producing enough milk to meet its needs.
This is an easily overlooked part of the story, but it shows why a foster mother is different from a human carer.
People can temporarily replace the milk supply. But they cannot easily replace an adult horse in the interactions a foal needs to learn how to live alongside its own kind.
Once the mare’s milk supply was fully established, the foal began nursing and became healthier. From that point on, it had not only an appropriate source of nourishment, but also an adult horse beside it during an important stage of its life.
At the end of the clip, the foal is placed on a set of scales, and the two of them return home together.
The scales can tell us only how much the foal weighs. But behind that number lies another journey: from a young animal that lost its mother just after being born to one that now has a new mother and a place to return to.
This story is therefore about more than rescuing an orphaned foal. It shows something important about caring for animals: keeping a young animal alive is only the first step. The next is giving it the opportunity to grow up in the world of its own species.
Two Children Were Playing When One Accidentally Fell From A Bridge. Seeing The Child In Danger A Kind Person Immediately Rushed To Help.
The Rescue Was Very Difficult But After A Lot Of Effort He Finally Saved The Child. Humanity Still Exists.
The puppy wasn't the least bit worried. He knew Dad had his back. Dad strolls over, gave the ram a look, and it was over. The ram decided to live to play another day!😂