在動物孤兒院，小狗和被遺棄的小長頸鹿成為了朋友

在動物孤兒院，小狗和被遺棄的小長頸鹿成為了朋友

Jazz was abandoned by his mother at birth and would have died in the wild if not for a farmer who found him Nov. 17, weak and dehydrated, and called The Rhino Orphanage in Limpopo, South Africa for help.

爵士一出生就被他的母親拋棄了，如果不是11月17日一個農(nóng)民發(fā)現(xiàn)了他，他肯定會死在野外，當(dāng)時他極度虛弱、脫水，農(nóng)民打電話給南非林波波的犀牛孤兒院尋求幫助。

Hunter, a Belgian Malinois pup, promptly started looking after the gawky, 3-day-old newcomer upon his arrival, animal caretaker Janie Van Heerden tells the Associated Press.

動物管理員Janie Van Heerden告訴美聯(lián)社記者，一只名叫亨特的比利時馬里諾斯犬一到這里就立刻開始照顧這只剛出生3天的小長頸鹿。

“Just when we thought it couldn’t get any cuter, sweeter and more heart-warming, this happened,” reads the caption of a video posted to the Rhino Orphanage Facebook page. “The bond and understanding between Jazz the giraffe and Hunter our Belgian Malinois is astonishing.”

“我們以為再也沒有比這更可愛、更甜蜜、更溫暖人心的事情發(fā)生了。”“爵士長頸鹿和我們的比利時馬里諾瓦獵犬之間的感情和互相理解令人吃驚。”

Dr. Pierre Bester installed an IV catheter to administer much-needed fluids and nutrients immediately, according to the center’s social media platform.

根據(jù)該中心的社交媒體平臺，皮埃爾·貝斯特(Pierre Bester)博士安裝了一根靜脈導(dǎo)管，以便及時輸送急需的液體和營養(yǎng)。

“The baby was very comatose for the first 18 hours but started showing signs of waking up,” the post reads.

“小長頸鹿在出生后的18個小時里一直處于昏迷狀態(tài)，但后來開始出現(xiàn)了醒來的跡象，”帖子寫道。

“He managed to stand up a few times with the help of our carers and walked around this evening on very unsure legs. Baby giraffes are notorious for being labor-intensive and difficult to get on a bottle … Their height (about 1.8m) also doesn’t make it any easier. But we have a few tricks up our sleeves that will hopefully pay off.”

“在護(hù)理員的幫助下，他成功地站了幾次，今天晚上他走路時雙腿很不穩(wěn)。小長頸鹿是出了名的勞動密集型動物，而且很難用奶瓶喂養(yǎng)……它們的身高(大約1.8米)也讓這一切變得更加困難。但我們有一些錦囊妙計(jì)，希望能奏效。”

Less than a week later, Jazz is now doing much better, staffers report. He’s already being fed milk and was even caught trying to eat leaves in one of a series of adorable Facebook videos.

工作人員報(bào)告說，不到一周之后，爵士現(xiàn)在的表現(xiàn)要好了很多。它已經(jīng)被喂過奶了，甚至在臉書一系列可愛的視頻中，它還被拍到試圖吃樹葉。

“Possibly soon he will be able to go home,” Heerden says.

“也許很快他就能回家了。”希爾登說。