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Feel-good story of the month…
Blog Guy, it’s been a full summer. Olympics, Democratic and Republican conventions. Athletic greatness, historic nominations, big promises, balloons and banners. What single thing in recent weeks has done the most to lift your spirits?
These photos lift my spirits. A monkey and a rabbit together. The monkey, BoonLua, lost one arm and both legs in a vicious attack by dogs three years ago. He dragged himself to a nearby temple, where the monks called a vet for help.
The monks took him to a center where retired elephants live. There, an ex-zookeeper designed a special enclosure to accommodate BoonLua’s handicap. He lives there to this day, enjoying fruits, nuts and eggs, along with occasional Mentos mints, which he loves.
And because they felt he needed a friend, the elephant people gave him Toby, a young rabbit with a lovely nature. The two are now constant companions. What could lift your spirits more than that?
More about animals :
BoonLua, a long-tailed macaque, with Toby, a rabbit, in Ayutthaya province about 50 miles north of Bangkok, Thailand, September 6, 2008. REUTERS photos by Sukree Sukplang
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Thank you, Blog Guy.
I’ve been to that elephant center. The keepers are very friendly, so if you’re every in Ayutthaya (which is only a 45 minute train ride from Bangkok and worth a visit), stop in and see some of the retired/orphaned/sheltered animals. When I was there, I had the great opportunity to spend a few hours playing with three orphaned tiger cubs.
You think they might have gone ahead and ‘fixed’ the monkey while they were patching him up? I’m imagining a lot of unnecessary frustration…
Possum, I doubt they did. You can clearly see his balls in the picture. I don’t think they use neuticals in Bangkok. Cheers!
Armadillo, I think Possum knows that… how could you miss it? I believe what he meant to say was “You’d think…”
Thank you for posting this… It’s nice to see something good in the news for a change
Cool. Fixed? poor bugger lost an arm and leg + you want his nuts chopped off
wonder if their friendship really is purely platonic possum?…
Fix the monkey? cmon, he already lost an arm and two legs and you think they should’ve lopped off his nuts too?
This story is NUTS.
Yeah seriously! I still have one good arm, people! If I had NO arms then I’d ask for my nutz to be lopped off!
you can’t take his nuts ! looks like he needs them for balance.
i’m glad to see that after all that the money has been through he has affection to give. The atmosphere in the temple must be warm and filled with good thoughts as well as good people.
i really needed some picking up…now i feel a lil bit better, knowing there are kind people doing good deeds and those spreading the news… thanks
What a beautiful story! Want to share this story with children but because some chose to write stupid remarks about the monkey’s body parts, I must now copy and paste and not allow the remarks to be shown! GROW up people, and if you can’t or won’t then KEEP your remarks to yourselves!
BLess the Monks, Vet and people at the Zoo. May the monkey and rabbit have many happy years together!
Okay – a leeetle over-interested in those monkey nuts, guys. I’m thinking it might do you good to have a bunny to play with. :-p
In response to LaraC….what kind of bunny would that be? If it’s a Hugh H type….well…then the poor critter needs the only thing left to his devices….It’s sad and wonderful all at once….What a world.
OQL
like children aren’t gonna make fun of the monkey balls when they see that pic…
What I find remarkable is that Boonlua dragged himself to a temple, as if asking for — or knowing he would get — help. I wonder if “Boonlua” is a name with traditional or symbolic meaning.
Foremost, this is profound, thought-provoking story of strength and compassion. Most of us can learn something from it. To those caught up in Boonlua’s sexual anatomy, you seem to be having trouble seeing the foremost through the testes.
Jonathan – there’s an old saying, “Unto the lewd, all is lewd. Unto the pure, all is pure.” I doubt most children would even notice the testicles. They would be drawn to the pure friendship exhibited here.
I cannot believe (yet, considering how most of the “young” people are these days, that they totally miss the message of compassion, the will to survive, the need to have something(someone) to love. Those of you who make inanity a way of life should only hope you are never in the position to have trivial persons such as yourselves to make such comments about you. Obviously, you aren’t even as a high a life form as a deformed monkey.
Whos says he’s deformed… that’s quite a pair.
What a beautiful story. I mean, c’mon… he’s a no-leeged, one-armed monkey grooming a rabbit and he found happiness and companionship after that ordeal.
There are many stories like this of animals getting along across species. We could really learn from them.
What a beautiful story! Want to share this story with children even with the funny remarks about the monkey’s body parts, I must copy and paste and allow the remarks to be shown! Thanks people that was hilarious hahaha glad you didn’t keep your remarks to yourselves! LOL
BLess the Monks, Vet and people at the Zoo. May the monkey and rabbit have many happy years together!
Sorry, I can’t take a joke and get beyond the comments and just focus on the story. I know, I’m a hypocrite. Sorry.
BoonLua was probably in too poor a condition to have any surgery beyond what was necessary. Monkeys don’t have the sexual mindset that humans do, so they’re no need to sympathise with him. Animals don’t live in the past either; I’ll bet BoonLua is living it up. He no longer has to search for food, safety, or companionship, and he’ll be given the best of care for the rest of his life. That’s more than some people ever achieve in their lifetime! And his disability has been accomodated. He isn’t mourning the loss of his limbs – he’s too busy enjoying his new (rather enviable!) life. And kudos to his caregivers for not giving up on him
Until the world learns how to treat humans properly, we should continue to kill all beautiful helpless aniumals and make meals out of them.
Hold on a second campers, look at the bunnys expression – looks like he’s thinking: “what the fuck is this crippled ass monkey doing in my cage, his nuts are taking up all the space for me to sleep.”
hey i just bought this rabbit and i want to know what type or rabbit is the one n the picture??? and yeah the story is cute and stuff….