Tempo

Rare friendship

- KIM ATIENZA

Friendship between animals belonging to different species do happen.

I chanced upon an old issue of Reader’s Digest that captured in wonderful photograph­s rare friendship­s between a giraffe and a goat, a tiger and a pig, an elephant and a sheep.

Friendship can also strike between a lion and a meerkat, a hippopotam­us and a giant tortoise, a donkey and a pelican.

It happens all the time. Who says friendship can never strike between a cat and a dog?

Di ba may kasabihan tayo parang aso’t pusa ang dalawang tao kapag hindi sila magkasundo?

We featured one such case

of unique friendship in our Sunday TV show “Matanglawi­n” sometime back. TRIVIA PA MORE (Various

Sources): A row of corn always has an even number.

In certain times of the year, tropical places like the Philippine­s welcome migratory birds fleeing winter in countries like Russia and China. They make us wonder if they get to sleep as they fly.

According to a study from the Max Planck Institute for Ornitholog­y, there’s evidence that birds do sleep during flight. ATING ALAMIN: Ano po ang largest bird sa mundo?

Google says the ostrich is the largest bird in the world. It also lays the largest eggs and has the fastest maximum running speed at 97 kph.

Send your questions on anything and everything to Kuya Kim through my Twitter account @kuyakim_atienza using #AlaminKayK­uyaKim.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Philippines