Story Booth: Andreas Nussbaumer
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About This Event
Andreas Nussbaumer lives with about 120 animals. On about 9 acres of land, they live with rescued horses, donkeys, ponies, lamas, chicken, peacocks, sheep, goats, pigs, cows, ducks, gooses, dogs, cats and a lot more. Join us for a Story Booth of stories from his learnings from nature and animals!
Learning To Pause From Donkeys
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Andreasnussbaumer: What touches me the most, and what I can learn for myself the most, is the difference between the horses and the donkeys, I would say. Because the horses are... When they have fear, when they face some danger, or they think there is a danger, when something is a kind of paper or something, or maybe only leaves. They start to run away.
Trying to hide, or trying to get away from the danger. Sometimes totally switching off their mind, so you can't do anything about it. They are just running. And the interesting thing is, donkeys, this is the reason why people think donkeys are not so intelligent.
Because donkeys sometimes stand, and don't react, for our eyes. But what they do is they think about what to do. They are not just running away. When they're facing some danger, Elizabeth had an experience with a kind of hunting.
Where a lot of hunters were firing guns. And the donkey just stood for 2 or 3 seconds, then ran away outside of the forest 20 meters. So just 10 seconds, and then he stood and waited for her. So they are really thinking.
And this is what fascinates me in this difference between the horses and the donkeys. This kind of... when you face some danger, or face some... maybe specific, special people who are angry to you.
Not to shut off your mind, maybe take 2, 3, 4, 5 seconds, think about what to do next.
Kerri Lake: It is beautiful.