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January 19, 2006
Tokyo: Snake Makes Friends With Hamster
Occasionally, researching and writing stories about extremist Islamists gets depressing, and in order to stay mentally fresh, I am sometimes tempted to write about anything that does not involve describing the current actions of the followers of a long-dead "prophet".
So, with no apologies whatsoever, I introduce to you Aochan the two-year old rat-snake, (left in the picture) and his new best buddy, Gohan the hamster. Aochan has lived his life within the confines of Mutsugoro Okoku Zoo in Tokyo, Japan. He was fed upon frozen rodents, but in October he seemed bored by his frozen ready-meals.
A keeper decided to give Aochan a nice warm meal, and placed a hamster into the cage with him. Instead of eating the hamster, Aochan seemed to enjoy its company.
Now, according to Associated Press, via Turkish Daily News, the hamster and snake seem happy with their relationship. The hamster's name, Gohan, means "meal" in Japanese, in honour of their first meeting. She regularly climbs onto the snake's 120 centimeter-long back to have a snooze.
Well, it had nothing to do with Islam, but I found the story quite charming. I'm sure there's a life-affirming moral in the story somewhere....
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at January 19, 2006 10:35 AM
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