{"id":21021,"date":"2015-05-09T19:14:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T19:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=21021"},"modified":"2015-05-09T19:14:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T19:14:59","slug":"the-lioness-and-the-oryx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/the-lioness-and-the-oryx\/","title":{"rendered":"The lioness and the oryx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The predator and the baby oryx<br \/>\nThe affinity between<br \/>\nEach other though improbable<br \/>\nA bond in fact has been<br \/>\nHad, a true relationship<br \/>\nA perspective to behold<br \/>\nThere is no logical explanation<br \/>\nOf how it did unfold<br \/>\nExcept to feel the lioness<br \/>\nWas lonely and in fear<br \/>\nAnd in consequence was clearly<br \/>\nTouched by having an infant near<br \/>\nAdoption not a consequence<br \/>\nKidnap maybe  she<br \/>\nFelt motherly towards the soul<br \/>\nKind of obsessively<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s so touching to realise<br \/>\nThat these emotions do<br \/>\nPermeate the predators<br \/>\nFor clearly<br \/>\nit is true<br \/>\nThe female of the species<br \/>\nHas that caring loving side<br \/>\nMore so than the male lions<br \/>\nAs the end game might decide<br \/>\nThe outcome was the baby was taken<br \/>\nAs we know and eaten by a male lion<br \/>\nBut the lioness she did show<br \/>\nThe anguish of a mother<br \/>\nFor a lost cub<br \/>\nYou could see<br \/>\nThe great concern for losing<br \/>\nThe baby, earnestly<br \/>\nWe feel we are touched to see this<br \/>\nHow it panned out for she<br \/>\nThen adopted 5 more babies<br \/>\nA similarity<br \/>\nAn emotional behaviour<br \/>\nA maternal bond that spread<br \/>\nAcross and out through instinct<br \/>\nThat sweet connection led<br \/>\nTo caring for another<br \/>\nLost soul so to say<br \/>\nUnrelated possibly<br \/>\nBut love shows us a way<br \/>\nPerhaps the most profound love<br \/>\nIs the love we really see<br \/>\nBetween those who are quite different<br \/>\nBound together emotionally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The predator and the baby oryx The affinity between Each other though improbable A bond in fact has been Had, a true relationship A perspective to behold There is no logical explanation Of how it did unfold Except to feel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/the-lioness-and-the-oryx\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-rights","category-lions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21022,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21021\/revisions\/21022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}