When The Death Catches Up

LIFE AND DEATH MOVE COLLATERALLY BUT, AT TIMES LIFE SEEMS TOO CLOSE TO BE IN THE CLUTCHES OF DEATH THAT ITS DIFFICULT TO REALISE DEATH OR BELIEVE THAT WE ARE STILL ALIVE…..SOMETIMES ITS ALL ABOUT LIVING THE ENTIRE LIFE AT ONE MOMENT OR ON THE CONTRARY THE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE WITH IT GIVES ALL TOGETHER A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO LIFE….!!!!!!

Once while surfing the T.V. channels I by chance saw Nat geo channel featuring “WHALE FILE” It really catched my attention and I started viewing it where in it was shown how 6  killer whales attacked  a grey mother whale as well its baby , who were migrating from Alaska to Californian belt…This was a long stretch they had to cover but in between they took a short cut  n it turned out to be the most dangerous decision of their life as that part is mostly surrounded by these killer whales…..

It was really heart throbbing to view the whole scenario when all of a sudden a dang of 6 whales attacked in 2 groups, 3 each. They banged them, chased them, and battered them hard. All together those killer whale pounded them so that they may not breathe and succumb to death but the mother did not succumbs. She fought, she fought with determination and will in order to save herself and her baby… .. she couldn’t even breathe n rest to reply back that all of a sudden another set of three whales came and attacked the baby whale, they bit him at its tail and the blood oozed out all over that vicinity .The spectators gasped and growled with pain and horror looking at the mother and baby struggling hard to survive ……..pathetic was the scene and miserable was their condition. One mistake could have taken baby’s life as he was the hot pie and who was already bleeding.. if the mother would have wished she   would have swam away ,far far away from the clutches of blue killer whales, but she stayed, she stayed close to her baby in order to save his life. Such love, empathy and determination brought tears in eyes…

Mother whale tried hard to thud with its tail to shoo off those whales but off no use. It was 3-4 hr struggle. The mother also got wounded as she squealed and panged with pain…….still despite off all odds she kept swimming along with her baby..finally rather luckily they survived. It was a near brush with death…Marine geologist present over there shot the whole cumbersome and miraculous struggle The passengers on ship who came for safari thwarted a lifetime experience though traumatic  but finally relieving one both for them and me..

THE DETERMINATION AND THE WILL OF OVERCOMING ALL THE ODDS DESPITE OF BEING STUCK IN THE CLAWS OF DEATH IS WHAT REALLY TOUCHED THE HEART. TO NOT LET GO, TO SURVIVE COME WHAT MAY, AND TO BE WITH THE LOVED ONES THROUGH THICK AND THIN IS THE REALL ESSENCE OF THE WHOLE STORY……..LOVE IS ABOVE ALL ,LOVE IS EVERYHWERE BE IT HUMANS , MAMMALS OR ANY OTHER CREATURE ON THIS EARTH………..

-Sushree Pallavi Karnwal

Passionate Writer