Eine Tierpflegerin des Merazonia Wildlife Rescue in Ecuador erzählt uns die Geschichte von Goliath, einem kleinen Riesenameisenbären, der am Straßenrand neben der Leiche seiner Mutter gefunden wurde, die von einem Auto angefahren wurde. Da war Goliath zwei Monate alt. Anfangs war er etwas schüchtern, aber mit der Zeit gelang es ihm, aufgeschlossener zu werden und jede Menge Quatsch zu machen. Entzückendes Geschöpf.
We were taking him out to try and encourage him to discover the world of ants and termites. He was not interested at all. He was actually quite scared of termites and ants when they crawled on him he would try and brush them off. …Eventually he got the hang of it and he started foraging himself. He was still a baby and he still needed that physical contact so we tried to encourage him to cling on to a stuffed toy in order to protect ourselves, but also to make it a bit more natural for him in his rehabilitation.
(Direktlink, via Laughing Squid)
