Human beings could learn a lot from the animal kingdom.
Specifically, we could learn how to make the most out of a seemingly sad situation, taking a lesson from this two-legged dog, who is hopping around without a care in the world.
Or from Peekaboo, an Egyptian fruit bat who has been living at Bat World in Texas since 2009 when she and her mom were rescued from difficult conditions at a roadside zoo.
They often went a long time with no food, water or stimulation.
But the USDA then got involved and Bat World “happily offered to take them,” says Bat World Sanctuary founder Amanda Lollar.
“We believe Peekaboo is smiling, and yes, she is a very happy bat,” says Amanda Lollar of the above photo. “She is extremely cheerful, playful and animated, and of course – because she is a bat – she is highly intelligent as well.”
Once they were in Texas, Peekaboo’s mother actually abandoned the then-one-month-old, who was “found hanging from a branch in our large flight enclosure one morning, alone and crying for food,” says Lollar.
“So she was hand-raised and cared for until she was old enough to eat fruit on her own and rejoin her colony.”
And yet still she maintains this disposition!
According to the Bat World website, Peekaboo loves human interactions. It reads:
“She apparently believes every human was created entirely for her personal enjoyment, to do with as she pleases. She is particularly fond of ponytails, buns, or anyone with longer hair. When she approaches her target, in her hummingbird pattern of flight, she aims for the part of the head that has the most hair mass.”