Posted on 06/12/2024 10:33:30 AM PDT by Red Badger
Herd of elk adopt a donkey who went missing over five years ago in Auburn, California.
The donkey's name is Diesel and he ran away from his owner in 2019 after getting 'spooked' while trail packing.
While on a hunting trip, pro triathlete Max Fennell noticed a donkey in the middle of a herd of elk.
"Probably one of my wildest hunting trips to date. I bumped into a herd of elk that have adopted a donkey. I can't get over seeing it and I'm amazed that the donkey looks happy and healthy," he posted on Instagram.
The donkey's owner, David Drewry, responded to Fennell's post.
"That is in fact Diesel. He got away from me while packing out there 5 years ago. It was heartbreaking at the time. Glad to see he is helping the herd grow."
VIDEO AT LINK.................
I drive to work and pass 5 burritos.................so I have to roll down the windows.................
We raised donkeys as pets for20 years. They will bond with anything. Our jack, Festus, bonded with the wife’s 60 or so Guinea fowl.
Absalom died after his hair got caught in the branches of an oak tree while he was riding on a mule (2 Samuel 18.9). Maybe if he had been riding a donkey his hair wouldn't have gotten caught.
One particular donkey was gifted with a great distinction:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47918/the-donkey
Adorable!
One of my favorite burro stories of grandfather was when he was suddenly surrounded by a migration of tarantulas. They swarmed on both sides of his party and he built a circle of fire around himself and his wife and his burros and stayed there in the heat until the migration passed.
Another time he was bitten by a sidewinder and threw himself over the burro leader and was carried to a homestead with the burros all following the leader.
I have a photo of grandfather’s burro with my baby father on board with their white cat.
It looks like miniature donkey.
I don’t know, but there are videos of many donkeys expressing affection for their humans. They seem to like music...
Thank you for the kind words but it wasn’t a joke. I’ve got pictures.
I used to walk to University classes and pet cows on the way...
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Sounds like something I would do and be late for class doing it.
They slobber, licking you; and when you finally get to class, there’s green stuff all over your clothes.
Good times.
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