Really unusual animal videos graced our morning TV viewing on Mothers’ Day
I've just about worn out Google (well, maybe not quite) searching for links to the "CBS Sunday Morning" videos my wife and I watched last Sunday about animals and "motherhood." I cannot recall the exact name of the segment and I deleted it from our DVR, so I was unable to find it.
The segment involved videos of animals and motherhood, in keeping with the Mothers' Day theme. They really were quite remarkable videos of female animals who "adopted" and even nursed orphaned babies of an entirely different species.
The opening segment was a charmer about a female black Lab dog who's the resident "mommy" at an animal shelter. She got the job when she heard some orphaned kittens mewing, went over and picked them up, and put them safely into her own box, began raising them, and even nursed them. She's now a permanent fixture at the animal shelter, helping to care for orphaned young critters.
The most amazing of the Sunday morning animal videos was footage shot by a National Geographic Magazine photographer. I've forgotten where the footage was shot. It involved a female tiger who killed a female orangutan for food -- then discovered a frightened, tiny baby orangutan huddled nearby. The tiger picked the orangutan up and took it home, where she proceeded to protect it and even nurse it. They actually had video footage of the tiger letting the orangutan nurse.
Motherhood is a wonderful, amazing treasure everywhere it's found, isn't it?
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