QUANDARY #2

Making Risk-Taking Real
           During the Covid-19 pandemic, a private zoo in Brussels closed its doors to the public for a time.    A family of  orangutans, accustomed to throngs of admiring humans, lapsed into serious depression.  Their behavior grew more worrisome by the day,  The quandary of how to save a species from permanent disability, the longer the zoo remained closed, brought on serious discussions.  Finally, staff made an opening in the fence of the adjoining enclosure, inspiring a dozen river otters to swim into the primates’ living area. After initial wariness of their neighbors, the orang became happy show-offs again, and the otters were a fascinated audience that returned every day.  Quite quickly, other zoos successfully tried coupling the two species. 

          I checked out some videos (see “orangutans and river otters are BFFs —YouTube”) which fortified my simple conclusion:   It’s impossible to know what’s possible until you open your mind about everything.  

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