Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:44:00 +0000 No sooner does a crocodile or a snake hatch her young ones than she ignores and deserts them. Therefore, watching a video on how both young crocodiles and snakes survive immediately after hatching breeds grief and excitement in a person. Grief can accumulate in someone after seeing such a development on young crocodiles and snakes because one might ask: ‘How will such young ones survive in this sometimes cruel and devastating world?’ But it is the same anguish that later transforms into amusement when seeing how the same young crocodiles, young snakes and other wild young ones generate intuitive decisions or create strategies for survival after such a development. From such realities, Chewas in Eastern province have a saying: ‘Njoka siyiyenda ndi mwana;’ meaning a snake does not move with its child. One can take a stroll in a nearby bush or in a thick forest. One cannot find […]
