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Welcome Jimmy

Fröken Isakson — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:18:32 +0000

I det ena paketet låg mina älskade Jimmy. Så fina, kärlek direkt .

Adventure Family Safari Holiday

Conscious Ventures — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:14:59 +0000

A family safari is such a great way to spend time together and is excellent therapy for everyone!

An area of history and legend, offers some of the most excitinggame viewing in Africa. It is a place of exceptional beauty where one can explore therugged, unspoilt African landscapes either in the comfort of open 4-wheel drive vehicles,on a walking safari, on mountain bicycles, or horse back, guided by expert rangers and experienced trackers. In addition to the game experience, Mashatu offers a view ofAfrica, unchanged since the days of early visitors such as Kipling, Selous and artist/explorer Sir Thomas Baines. Historic and archaeological sites abound; notable are the Motloutse Ruins and the Pitsani Koppie sites.

The excitement of Mashatu has not changed over time. It is still home to large herds of elephant, prides of lion and cheetah. Along the river courses, huge Mashatu trees provide shade for eland, impala, wildebeest, giraffe and zebra, whilst at night, the bateared fox, African Wildcat and the magnificent leopard search for prey. Some 366 species of birds may be seen. Mashatu Game Reserve proudly provides a refuge for the largest, single population of elephant on privately owned land in Africa. Known as the relic herds of Shashe, these elephants are the last living testament to the great herds that once populated the meandering Limpopo valley. Today, the population on Mashatu Game Reserve alone, is estimated to number in excess of 500.

Source: Nature & Kind Travel Collection

Kenya Walking Safari Holiday

Conscious Ventures — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:44:03 +0000

Walking wild in Laikipiak Maasai-land is a walking safari holiday through on of Kenya’s best wildlife viewing habitats: the Lewa Conservancy.

Combined with the two Maasai Community Conservation areas of Il Ngwesi and Lekurruki, these three areas provide some of the most stunning landscapes in Africa. This area is home to a wide variety of game including the Big Five and over 420 species of bird. This safari is supported by camels, that can be ridden if the terrain allows.

Source: Nature & Kind Travel Collection

Burro-zebra

altaircamargo — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:37:13 +0000

Estava no Terra ontem.

O zoológico não tem dinheiro para comprar uma zebra?

Fácil!

Pinta-se listras em um burro!

SERVIETTENMOTIVE SCHWARZ-WEISS

Bärbel — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:00:41 +0000

Servietten mit eigenen Motiven kann man im Copyshop bedrucken lassen.

Nu trec pe zebră

deliush4reshad — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:07:10 +0000

Se întâmpla prin 2001, nu în New York, Tokio, Londra, Bucureşti sau vreo altă capitală aglomerată, ci în Timişoara: am fost lovit de un automobil pe zebră. Sensul giratoriu de la Termal, aşa cum il ştim toţi dar pe atunci era mai trist şi dezorganizat. Pe bicicletă eram, pedalam liniştit şi opresc în faţa zebrei. În spatele meu trotuarul, în dreapta BRD + Nike, vine o Dacia şi opreşte aproape de mine, la aprox. 10 m, parcă în acelaşi timp am stat amândoi. S’a uitat cretinul la mine, m’am uitat şi eu… şi am apăsat pedala, ciudat este că nici el nu a stat pe gânduri şi a accelerat, parcă eram la o cursă de maşini unde se turează motoarele. M’a lovit. Impactul a fost zguduitor, m’am simţit învârtit în aer şi am văzut lucrurile ciudat, am închis ochii şi m’am izbit de asfalt, m’am ridicat de jos instantaneu, am verificat dacă hainele îmi sunt rupte şi am fugit la bicicletă care era la o distanţă semnificativă de mine. Nici nu l’am băgat în seamă pe şofer, mă uitam la roţi dacă nu am 8′uri şi cu lacrimi în ochi voiam să dispar cât mai repede de acolo. Şoferul daciei vine disperat “Eşti bine, te doare ceva? Hai să te duc la spital, să te consulte, hai urcă în maşină” I’am răspuns că sunt teafăr şi că nu e nici o problemă, mă descurc singur. În timpul ăsta vine un gras prost şi spune “Lasă’l în pace că e un nesimţit şi eu era să’l calc”. Din senin a apărut grasu’ pentru că nu l’am văzut nicăieri şi parcă eram în centrul unei conspiraţii. A rezistat bicicleta mea Genesis, echipată bine şi bună. Mi’am văzut mai departe de drum, am luat numărul maşinii dar niciodată nu am avut intenţia să denunţ sau să mă răzbun.

Am văzut de atunci mulţi cretini care depăşesc înainte sau chiar pe zebră, nu spun că merg pe stradă cu frică dar nu am încredere în trecerea de pietoni, mai bine mă strecor printre maşini înaintea semaforului, mai bine trec strada la distanţe considerabile de zebră. Prefer o amendă oricât e ea de mare decât să fiu mutilat pe viaţă sau vreun ordinar să’mi rupă picioarele pe zebră. Şi am văzut cu toţii cum scapă aceşti infecţi, se disculpă de orice vină, fug de la locul accidentului, dispar din peisaj nu pentru că le e frică de consecinţe dar au siguranţa că cineva cu grade îi scapă mai ieftin. Traversez pe trecerea de pietoni atunci când nu am variante, când e aglomerat şi se circulă bară la bară, când sunt însoţit de cineva care nu se aventurează aşa cum eu o fac. Aşadar, Nu trec pe zebră.

Şi un articol de pe Viteza Ucide

Peste 140 de accidente rutiere cu victime pietoni au fost înregistrate în primele nouă luni ale acestui an, jumătate dintre ele fiind cauzate de neacordarea priorităţii de trecere, iar cealaltă jumătate, de traversarea prin loc nepermis sau pe culoarea roşie a semaforului. Statisticile Serviciului Poliţiei Rutiere arată că indisciplina pietonilor si neacordarea de prioritate acestora sunt principalele cauze care, alături de viteza excesivă, duc la producerea unor evenimente grave.

Doar la sfarşitul de săptămană trecut s-au produs, pe şoselele din judeţul Bihor, patru accidente în care au fost implicaţi pietoni. Primul a avut loc în Ştei, pe strada Andrei Mureşanu, când un şofer nu a oprit la trecerea de pietoni, acroşând o femeie de 41 de ani ce traversa regulamentar.

Pietonii bucureşteni au fost implicaţi în 699 de accidente rutiere grave în primele cinci luni ale anului.

Ei au fost accidentaţi din cauza traversării neregulamentare sau a neacordării priorităţii de trecere pietonilor care traversează regulamentar.

În 446 dintre accidentele produse din cauza traversării neregulamentare au murit 18 persoane, au fost rănite grav 143 şi uşor 296 persoane.

Pentru că pietonilor nu le-a fost acordată prioritatea la traversare au avut loc 253 de accidente, soldate cu opt persoane decedate, 67 ranite grav si 192 uşor.

the 2007 Kobe Biennale

Trane DeVore — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:09:33 +0000

November 23rd was the last day of the 2009 Kobe Biennale, which I went to visit last week. The Biennale is held at the waterfront site of Meriken Park, under the shadow of Kobe’s famous Port Tower and right next to the Maritime Museum. Because Kobe is historically a port city, the organizers of the Biennale decided that the best way to mount the exhibition would be to build a temporary village from shipping containers. I’m a huge fan of shipping container architecture, so I was especially excited to visit the exhibit and see how the re-purposed cargo spaces were used the first time I visited the Biennale in 2007 with my friends Joe and Angie.

The 2007 Kobe Biennale featured 45 award-winning works of art mounted in shipping containers in addition to displays featuring ikebana, works by disabled artists, a display of ceramic art, and art made by and for children. The works of art varied widely in terms of idea, execution, and aesthetic effect but all of them were interesting and posed as their own enclosed worlds that served to open up enjoyable spaces for thought and encounter. The piece featured at the top of this entry — consisting of two mirrored panels that come to a point to create a space of unending reflection — is called “Infinite Planet” (無限の惑星) and is by a group from Ishikawa called Star in the TENTEN (天々星組). The piece pictured above is by Song Junnam and Yoon Cyongsu and is called “Kobe People.” Here’s what the artists have to say about this piece: “I am a foreigner who lives in Japan. It’s not rare in Kobe. Usually, I’m a minority, but in this work, I fill it up by the photographs of the foreigner’s faces, who are living in Japan. Through the encounter of foreigners living in Japan, who are also neighbors, I hope you can sense yourself, the foreigners, and Kobe.”

Several of the containers had ikebana on display. The theme at work here was “future ikebana,” and many of the arrangements were truly incredible.

This piece, by Akihiro Kumagaya and Eisuke Tachikawa (熊谷彰博 and 太刀川英輔) was really fantastic. It consisted of a mostly bare container painted white on the inside, which a few desks, chairs, and banks of red markers scattered around. The entryway was constructed from pieces of red plastic so that when you looked through them into the container you (in theory) wouldn’t be able to see what was written on the walls. All of the writing in the container was produced by guests at the Biennale, who were supposed to write down important thoughts, or perhaps childhood memories. It was incredibly fun to add pieces of text to the jumble inside the container, and to spend time walking around and reading what other people had written. This piece is listed as being untitled on the official 2007 Kobe Biennale site, but I remember it being called “What’s Your First Memory?”

This work, simply titled “Zebra,” (しまうま) is by Shibata Michiri (柴田美千里). There’s something deeply uncanny about walking through a container filled with stumpy zebra torsos. I almost felt like I was walking through a zebra snuff film. But at the same time there’s something funny about this piece, as if it were the punchline for a joke that you’ve forgotten the set up for.

This piece, by an artist called ONOYOTONN (小野養豚ん), a name that means “pig-farm,” was one of my favorites at the Biennale. Here’s what ONOYOTONN has to say about the piece, which is called “A Herd” (群): “I grew up on a pig farm and have made many works with pig motifs. With the theme of ‘encounter’, I embodied pig-herding images playfully. I mass-produced mini-pigs so that the container is full of them and enjoyed in the space.” The pigs were made from some kind of wax, and a few of them had fallen from the walls and the ceilings by the time that Angie, Joe, and myself made it to the Biennale. Because of the scattered nature of the pigs there was almost a sense of massacre about the place, and standing inside an area so full of pink fleshiness made me feel a little bit like I was standing inside a piece of intestine. Or perhaps a bit as if I were trapped inside a sausage.

This piece — a webwork of glowing white tubules in a container with mirrored walls — made me feel like I was inside some kind of strange futuristic alien spaceship, or perhaps standing in a scene that never made it into the Matrix series. The piece is by Ryosuke Sai (宰井良輔) of DOLPHIN KICK (ドルフィンキック), which is one of the best names for an arts-oriented design group that I can think of. In the photo above you can see Joe, in the process of snapping this self-portrait.

Here’s Angie standing in front of a chalkboard that was completely covered with a single, extensive, set of of mathematical operations. Across from the chalkboard were several wooden school desks equipped with paper and pencils so that you could sit down in front of the board and work up as much abstract calculation as your heart might desire. So far, so normal. But what you can’t do is sit at the desks without also sitting on an open ceramic toilet, the only seats in the place. This is a piece that makes you think about the relationship between abstraction and bodily functions, and our inability to escape from our animal nature, no matter how hard we might try. The piece, called “Animal Expression,” is by Yamashita Ryuuji (山下竜司) and this is what he has to say about it: “We, human beings, using various materials, escape from the genus named “animals”, against reality. Even if it was impossible.”

This piece by Florian Claar, called “Symphonic Light Chamber,” is meant to sculpturally imitate the structure of 18th-century symphonic compositions. I’m not sure that the piece ended up having that particular effect on me, but as a gloriously futuristic sculptural space I thought it was fantastic. In fact, it felt very 2001 to me — up to and including the final transition in which you step through the circular entrance at the rear of the container and into a black void full of tiny pinpricks of light: “The thing’s hollow—it goes on forever—and—oh my God—it’s full of stars!”

This beautiful work is composed of more than 2,500 letters and characters from different languages from around the world. The colorful writing is illuminated from behind, and walking into this room is a bit like walking into an abstracted conversation in which you’re hearing bits and pieces of the entire planetary population talking at once. This piece, by Noriko Shiozawa (塩澤徳子), is called “Koto-no-ha” (こと‐の‐は), which is an older Japanese word for “language.” Shiozawa-san was kind enough to give her permission to allow the photograph above to be used as the cover for the UNESCO Jakarta Annual Report 2008.

This piece, by Hans Schohl, was called “General Cargo Celestial Mechanics” and consisted of several beautiful kinetic sculptures that were illuminated so that long shadows would be cast on the walls of the container. The sculptures — similar to models of planetary rotation — reminded me vaguely of Aughra’s observatory in The Dark Crystal.

There were far more works at the 2007 Biennale than Joe, Angie, and I were able to see in a single day, and many of the really amazing pieces that we did manage to see weren’t the kind of works that show up well on film. If I had had the opportunity, I would have visited the Biennale over the course of several days, slowly moving from work to work and taking plenty of time for coffee, relaxation, and clearing the head in between. I might even have taken some time to watch the sun set from the top of Kobe’s Port Tower, instead of watching the sun set inside of a container, as beautiful as that in fact turned out to be. The piece above, called “koyomi,” is by Daiichi Shichino (七野大一) and it simulates sunset and moonrise by projecting slowly moving images of light at the end of a container in which a long reflecting pool has been constructed. Inside the container, the images of sun and moon are reflected across the pool which quietly ripples and undulates from localized vibrations within the container. All very dark, quiet, slow, and beautiful.

# 252 - GUINEA BISSAU / 2, mammal

fiume051 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:55:14 +0000

Republic of GUINEA BISSAU

stamp: 200 pesos

year: 1988

mammal: zebra

zombie study

Brien — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:00:58 +0000

Zombies, a little dudes head, and a beast i saw in the carpet at the ER.

The beast had a zebra-like head, but definitely a feline torso and front paws. The hindquarters degenerated into chaotic weirdness, especially when I drew the flames on it.

Don’t ask me why it’s on fire, it’s just what I saw.

My zombie tract is coming along. I’m scripting it right now. Great idea Dave. It’s coming together nicely. It definitely puts a new twist on seeing ‘dead people’.

pretty zebra.

cneman — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:26:23 +0000

JOBBAR MED LUNCHEN.......

40plusbitch — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:36:06 +0000

MAN KAN JU TAPPA APTITEN…….fast det man inte vet det har man ju inte ont utav……..

Kurioses Schwein

hunterbine — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:56:59 +0000

Als ich letzte Nacht über den Hubland-Campus lief habe ich ernsthaft an meiner Wahrnehmung gezweifel

Tranzicija

als011 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:59:19 +0000

Da li ste viđali na televiziji prelaz krda gnuova i zebri preko reke Mara u Keniji? Ogromna krda gnu

Nick Bandt the wildlife photographer

poopeson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:17:13 +0000

Is your room too empty? Want to decorate your house with wildlife photographs? Then don’t hesitate to check out Nick Bandt’s gallery here!! You can choose the photos you like and just order your print!

To be honest I was never interested in looking at wildlife photographs, because it is always the same old thing. But Nick Bandt changed everything, I actually spent my time looking through photo by photo and it is amazing! Credit goes to Ryan Lee Bhaskaran for giving me Nick’s website.

cheers!

Zebra Oje

aslee — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:37:09 +0000

Merhaba kızlar,

Bir süredir profesyonel makyaj olayına sarmış durumdayım. Elimden geldikçe internette araştırma yapıp, arkadaşlarım üzerinde denemeler yapıyorum. Sizlerle denediğim makyajları paylaşmak istedim. Bugün tırnaklarla başlıyoruz…

Bildiğiniz gibi biz kızların oje seçimleri hep aynıdır. İster kendiniz sürün ister kuaförünüzde sürdürün hep aynı renkler : bordo, french, kırmızı, beyaz ve (çılgın olanlarınız için ekliyorum) siyah… Bugün kendim de farklı birşey denedim.. Beyaz ojenin üzerine siyah oje ile zebra çizgileri yaptım.. Çılgınlık yapmak ve rutini bozmak isteyenler için anlatıyorum…

Kullandığım Ojeler : Flormar 310 Beyaz ve Flormar 313 siyah.. (Ben Flormar kullandım ama siz istediğiniz herhangi bir markanın kireç beyazı ile siyahını kullanabilirsiniz.)

Önce tırnaklarınıza iki kat 310 beyaz oje sürün. Ojenin kuruduğuna emin olduğunuz zaman elinize ince uçlu bir fırça alın. (Bu illa makyaj fırçası olmak zorunda değil. Okul zamanınızdan kalma ince uçlu (sanırım 2) suluboya fırçası da işinizi görür ) Siyah ojeye batırdığınız fırça ile tırnağınıza ince siyah çizgiler çekin.

Benimkiler aceleye geldiği için çok güzel olmadılar.. Vaktiniz varsa daha güzellerini yapabilirsiniz..

Umarım beğenirsiniz..

Sapatilhas ou Flats sempre na moda!!!

fashion4everus — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:09:27 +0000

Ai eu amo as minhas sapatilhas,qualquer cor,qualquer jeito, uso muito e não canso, ela é confortável

The Dark Continent - A mirror to our future?

tailrace — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:13:03 +0000

When I was a child any mention of Africa conjured up images of ostriches, zebra, wild elephants and vast expanses of savannah. My dad took me to watch the documentary, Beautiful People, which further fuelled my fantasies of Africa. During my teens, I was addicted to the adventures of Tarzan the Ape Man, a magnificent creation of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Later, movies like Gods Must Be Crazy and George of the Jungle cemented my illusions.

Those days, I never realized that Africa was undergoing a humanitarian and environmental crisis. The Africa of my imagination, the exotic Africa, existed only in a handful of wildlife reserves like Masai Mara, Serengeti or Kalahari Desert. The rest was in shambles. Africa, once the cradle of man was now his graveyard. What happened in Africa ages ago, the evolution of man, transformed life on the planet. The dark continent, now lie bleeding at the altar of our indifference. What we witness now in Africa, in my opinion, is a bleak prognostication on the future of the world.

Global recession and escalating food prices have dried up food aid to Africa. Recurring droughts have depleted water resources, withered crops and decimated livestock leaving people hungry and severely malnourished. The stark images of Africa, especially those of photojournalist Kevin Carter who committed suicide unable to face the horrors, are heartrending.

Although my phantasmagoric images of Africa are shattered, although I am not able to contribute much to alleviate its troubles, the appreciation and admiration I feel for those who have been waging a relentless battle against the pervasive despair and starvation in Africa is boundless. I recently came across an article on Dr André Briend, the French pediatric nutritionist who developed Plumpy’nut, a inexpensive peanut based fortified food which can be fed to severely malnourished children. Plumpy’nut, packed with vital nutrients does not require addition of water making it ideal for Africa where clean water is scarce. Another noticeable innovation which addressed Africa’s potable water scarcity was LifeSraw, a portable plastic straw designed by Torben Vestergaard Frandsen which made contaminated water drinkable through effective and instant bacteria removal.

Josette Sheeran, head of the United Nation’s World Food Programme remarked that “the know-how, the tools and the technology to feed the world” is already available. All we need is an acknowledgement of the plight and a desire to mitigate it. To me Africa is a mirror in which each of us shall soon see ourselves if we continue to callously ignore its predicaments.

Show your concern for Africa. Donate to Concern: Link

Zane the Rodeo Zebra?

kaiserbookblog — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:21:52 +0000

Zane the zebra had a dream, of being the bucking bronco king.

He headed to Houston for the big show. It’s the biggest they have called the rodeo.

His friends all laughed as he headed west. But he didn’t care he’d go do his best.

Zane looked all around for the horses so wild. He finally found them after awhile.

He said, “Hey there you guys, my name is Zane. I’m here to join you. My friends think I’m lame.”

The broncos just stood there with mouths open wide. What were they seeing? A horse with stripes?

A bronco named Bud said, “Howdy there. What exactly are those stripes you wear?”

“I’m a zebra,” Zane said, “and we all have stripes. What do you think? Is it something you like?”

“Horses with the likes of you really do belong in a zoo.

Go back where you came from before you get hurt. You’re too fancy for us. It just wouldn’t work.”

Zane hung his head low and slowly walked off. The broncos all laughed. They just wouldn’t stop.

Zane passed a big bull in a pen eating hay. “Don’t listen to them. They think they’re so great.

Don’t let those bullies steal your dream. You are much more than what you seem.

I’m not as big as the other bulls here, but I’m so much more than what I appear.

I had to work hard to earn my place. I’m now the first bull the cowboys face.”

Zane said, “You’re right. I’ve got to go back. Show those guys who I am and what I don’t lack.”

Zane went back to those broncos who decided to tease him. He kicked and he bucked his hardest to please them.

He knew who he was and was proud of his stripes. Now he’s the one the cowboys like.

Now Zane’s the one people want to come see. The zebra with a dream who was more than he seemed.

InASense, Lost... The Snuggie Sutra

sgottahurt — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:41:11 +0000

I love me my Snuggie. As a matter-of-fact, I’m wearing mine as I type this.” I’ve worn it in a pub crawl in NYC, and I’ve wanted to wear it in a pub crawl in Seattle.

But as per usual, if something shakes me at my core (or in this case makes me shiver in my Snuggie), I must stand atop my mountain blog and proclaim it to the world to inform and warn about it. This time, it’s the Snuggie Sutra.

K'man!

Based on the Kama Sutra, the ancient Indian sex guide (like how The Joy of Sex bent over spoofed The Joy of Cooking… and the Kama Sutra), the Snuggie Sutra offers up suggestions for couples, depending upon whether you’re blue or pink, or your Snuggie is blue or pink (or green or zebra), it looks… hot.

And I don’t mean the way you think… **

*Proof…

Me typing in my Snuggie (watching the Colbert Report)

**(Or maybe I do.)

Yipes!

Emmanent Entertainment — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:11:49 +0000

I have no idea why but this dress made me think of zebra fruit stripe gum…does that stuff even exist anymore? I dunno but I kinda want both now.

Dress by NastyGal.

New socks

kyriolexy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:27:02 +0000

Why Zebras Don’t Suffer From Social Anxiety

profmccaffrey — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:50:41 +0000

The title of this post is referring to a popular book called “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers” by biologist and author Robert Sapolsky. The book takes the analogy of how zebras in the wild have to deal with the very real dangers of a lurking lion, water drought or a whole host of diseases, and he compares it to how humans have an illusive fear of potential dangers such as meetings, work and traffic. From this we would assume that the zebra would become prone to anxiety and need weekly counselling sessions! However the opposite is true because in an animal’s mind they do not ruminate upon potential dangers and while humans do.

I have included an excerpt from the first page of the book so you can get a sense of the book.

“It’s two o’clock in the morning and you’re lying in bed. You have something immensely important and challenging to do that next day- a critical meeting, a presentation, an exam. You have to get a decent night’s rest, but you’re still wide awake. You try different strategies for relaxing- take deep, slow breaths, try to imagine restful mountain scenery- but instead you keep thinking that unless you fall asleep in the next minute, your career is finished. Thus you lie there, more tense by the second.” (Sapolsky, 2004, pg 1)

Robert goes on to talk about how this constant stress has a serious effect upon our health but I will stop there and relate this to social anxiety. In the same way humans ruminate upon their social engagements in life and this can cause considerable stress. For people who are shy this stress is only magnified till the point where they will avoid many social situations because of these fears. The title of this post is poking fun at the title of Robert Sapolsky’s book by saying that zebras do not get ulcers and they do not have social anxiety as well. The constant stress experienced by humans contributes to a whole host of health problems such as heart disease, immune disorders and even cancer.

I’m not saying to go into the jungle and start living like a zebra, but instead that humans are unique from many other animals in the ways we create non-sense stress and we need to address this issue.

References:

R., Sapolsky (2004). Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers. Holt Paperbacks, New York.

Zôo de Pomerode promove romance de zebra e jumenta

Suellen Pereira — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:51:04 +0000

Ele se sentia só e por isso, a direção do zoológico resolveu dar uma forcinha para a mãe natureza. Hoje, muito bem acompanhada, a zebra, batizada de Lucas já tem com quem dividir os momentos de alegria e de tristeza. A nova companheira? Uma jumenta. Isso mesmo. O animal, que recebeu o nome de Jega, foi pintado com listras que lembram a zebra. Lucas nem percebeu. Pelo contrário, agradeceu. Tudo começou em 2008 quando o único espécime do zôo de Pomerode, SC, mostrava inquietação no ambiente. Lucas está na cidade desde outubro de 2006. O biólogo Cláudio Mass logo percebeu o problema: a solidão. Como alternativa, não pensou duas vezes e adotou uma ideia até então desconhecida. “Isso é inédito na história do nosso zoo. Nunca alguém pensou em pintar um animal para agradar o outro”. A Jumenta, ou melhor, Jega foi cedida por um morador de Pomerode. O material usado na pintura foi bem caseiro: carvão vegetal, mas por causa da chuva o material não durou muito tempo. Nem por isso foi expulsa. “Segundo o biólogo, ‘mesmo depois de desbotada ela continuou sendo companhia indispensável para Lucas “. O romance acabou na última quinta feira, quando Lucas ganhou um par mais do que perfeito. Uma zebra fêmea de verdade. “Agora ficou ainda mais tranquila a adaptação dos três”. A expectativa da direção do zoológico é a de que o casal reproduza nos próximos dois anos. E pasmem: em Santa Catarina, depois do Lucas, só existem duas zebras no Parque Beto Carrero, em Penha.

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