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Sri Lankan Elephant RESCUED (By Navy) 10-Miles Out At Sea {Albeit 7-Years Ago}.

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by Anura Guruge
on September 8, 2024

Click to ENLARGE. From the ‘Google News‘.

A very poorly made video about this came up in my ‘YouTube‘ feed last night. I had not heard of this. I thought it was recent. This morning I looked it up on Google. Stories like those shown above turned up. I DID NOT CHECK THE DATES! So, OLD news — sorry. But, still quite the story.

I kind of knew that elephants were good and strong swimmers. There is speculation that this might not have been a total accident — i.e., the elephant MIGHT have gone swimming on its own. There is also comments that elephants are know to go out as much as 9 miles. WOW.

Well, I had to SHARE. But, I am SORRY it is old news. I will try to do better — but I am old too.

The Seychelles’ Navy Is Helping Protect The Red Sea. The Seychelles HAS A NAVY?

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by Anura Guruge
on December 20, 2023

Click to ENLARGE. Google for more. Got this via Google. French news site.

I heard this, i.e., that the Seychelles’ navy, was JOINING the U.K., France, Canda, Spain, Norway, et. al., in protecting the Red Sea.

Struck me as incongruous. Yes, I am fully aware that they are an island nation — so a navy (as opposed to an army) makes sense. But, I also knew that they are tiny & not likely to have a large population. I, of course, had to look that up. They have a TOTAL population of 100,000.

That is about the same as Albany, New York, or South Bend, Indianna.

100,000 isn’t that many.

Well, I had to look it up too. They actually have a small, but decent sized navy! Fancy that. There is even a Wikipedia entry for it.

Just wanted to bring this to YOUR attention. Who knew. Live and learn.