Friday, 19 October 2007

长鼻猴 (Proboscis Monkeys)

长鼻猴与其他灵长类动物一样,都能成为称职的母亲。大雨下了整整一个半小时,长鼻猴妈妈也就紧紧地把宝宝抱在怀中一个半小时,避雨、取暖、安慰。宝宝贴近妈妈的胸腔,听着妈妈平稳的心跳声,慢慢睡着了。这时,妈妈依然没有松手休息,还是紧紧地抱着宝宝,不时轻拍宝宝的背,让它睡得更安稳。
长鼻猴爸爸和很多爸爸一样,喜欢逞强、扮潇洒。它宁可在大雨中接受大自然洗礼,也不和弱不禁风的妻儿们一起避雨。它缩着头,坐在枝干上整整一小半小时,纹风不动。其实,长鼻猴爸爸是 “嘴硬心软”,它的“大男人”举动恰恰体现了对妻儿们的关爱-它把自己避雨的空间让出来,好让妻儿们都有地方躲雨。

动物尚且如此,人类呢?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

人类的智慧、复杂、多变,有时让我们告别了许多自然界的规律。

男女的社会地位与角色不断改变、互动以取得平衡。现在有多少女性会选择带着孩子窝在避雨处,让男方挺身保护。又有多少男生还保有捍卫家庭的责任感。小女人找得到大男人吗?大女人和小男人又如何颠覆了以往传统的男女和谐呢?

人生,有趣也。
- 月霞

Panda's World said...

很高兴看到不同角度的反思,很有见地。

我在写这篇短文时,是感慨人类在育儿、保护家人方面在某些时候都不如动物。虎毒不食子,我们经常可以看到动物爱护幼崽的情景,"舐犊情深",这是一种本能。

但近几年,新闻频频报导父母亲如何杀害亲生儿女:丢下楼、逼食安眠药、甚至蓄意在孩子身上进行精神及肉体上的虐待。

George Carlin 说得没错:

The paradox of our time in history-

We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgement, more experts yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness...

We have multiplied our posessions, but reduced our values...

These are days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes...

社会不断在进步,人性却也不断在退化。

我比较悲观,人生不有趣,而是可悲。

Anonymous said...

yup agreed with panda ,in human world in the new century,human have slowly lost the sense of feel,knowledge of love in family,loving each other and being together gradually..too much different types of influence resulting in paying a price of it of divorce,broken families,single parent (popular scene to see now) and even causing death in their own child...Hence, it make me wonder at times human changes time after time ,generation after generation that seem to be scary and hard to control whereslse for animals eventhough they cant speak like human do but yet their action is so nature and pure that when u notice and capture that moment of act ,it reflect the ugly side of human doing on protecting their loved one..really a sad shame wo!