I was asked to go to Namibia to film with some giraffes that were being
with some giraffes that were being
with some giraffes that were being relocated and wildebeest which was
relocated and wildebeest which was
relocated and wildebeest which was amazing experience and and beautiful
amazing experience and and beautiful
amazing experience and and beautiful when you see that the giraffes you know
when you see that the giraffes you know
when you see that the giraffes you know running wild and then the intensity of
running wild and then the intensity of
running wild and then the intensity of capturing one of these is it’s just a
capturing one of these is it’s just a
capturing one of these is it’s just a real whilst we were there something even
real whilst we were there something even
real whilst we were there something even more incredible happened and a farmer
more incredible happened and a farmer
more incredible happened and a farmer knocked on the wild vet’s door that we
knocked on the wild vet’s door that we
knocked on the wild vet’s door that we were working with and he presented him
were working with and he presented him
were working with and he presented him with two leopard cubs that he had found
with two leopard cubs that he had found
with two leopard cubs that he had found and said you know they don’t look well
and said you know they don’t look well
and said you know they don’t look well we’re not sure what to do with them but
we’re not sure what to do with them but
we’re not sure what to do with them but we thought we’d bring them to you see if
we thought we’d bring them to you see if
we thought we’d bring them to you see if you could help of course we all fell in
you could help of course we all fell in
you could help of course we all fell in love with these leopards the vet fell in
love with these leopards the vet fell in
love with these leopards the vet fell in love with these leopards and tried
love with these leopards and tried
love with these leopards and tried everything in his power to help them and
everything in his power to help them and
everything in his power to help them and the truth is they just they we didn’t
the truth is they just they we didn’t
the truth is they just they we didn’t think they were gonna make it they were
think they were gonna make it they were
think they were gonna make it they were unlike cats you know in the way that
unlike cats you know in the way that
unlike cats you know in the way that they were moving very unstable not agile
they were moving very unstable not agile
they were moving very unstable not agile at all and we didn’t have a lot of hope
at all and we didn’t have a lot of hope
at all and we didn’t have a lot of hope for them they were like big kittens
for them they were like big kittens
for them they were like big kittens you know just big big I mean I still
you know just big big I mean I still
you know just big big I mean I still have scratch marks on my back but they
have scratch marks on my back but they
have scratch marks on my back but they were playful big hit ins and then one
were playful big hit ins and then one
were playful big hit ins and then one day the vet ran out of these medications
day the vet ran out of these medications
day the vet ran out of these medications that he was trying really just
that he was trying really just
that he was trying really just experimenting and he gave him a vitamin
experimenting and he gave him a vitamin
experimenting and he gave him a vitamin B supplement and a few other things that
B supplement and a few other things that
B supplement and a few other things that are used to treat liver ailments in
are used to treat liver ailments in
are used to treat liver ailments in humans and we took him actually we took
humans and we took him actually we took
humans and we took him actually we took him to a hospital a human hospital and
him to a hospital a human hospital and
him to a hospital a human hospital and we laid this this big cat on a gurney
we laid this this big cat on a gurney
we laid this this big cat on a gurney and you could imagine like the people in
and you could imagine like the people in
and you could imagine like the people in the hallways as we entered with this
the hallways as we entered with this
the hallways as we entered with this massive leopard now they jumped out of
massive leopard now they jumped out of
massive leopard now they jumped out of the way and we did a cat scan
right literally and we did this cat scan
right literally and we did this cat scan and the cat scan revealed that these
and the cat scan revealed that these
and the cat scan revealed that these lepers had hydrocephalus which is a
lepers had hydrocephalus which is a
lepers had hydrocephalus which is a condition that of course also happens
condition that of course also happens
condition that of course also happens with humans and that’s when you have too
with humans and that’s when you have too
with humans and that’s when you have too much fluid in the brain and we really
much fluid in the brain and we really
much fluid in the brain and we really kind of gave up hope then but enter
kind of gave up hope then but enter
kind of gave up hope then but enter these new medications that he started
these new medications that he started
these new medications that he started giving them because he ran out of the
giving them because he ran out of the
giving them because he ran out of the other ones and lo and behold within
other ones and lo and behold within
other ones and lo and behold within weeks we had leopards I mean like like
weeks we had leopards I mean like like
weeks we had leopards I mean like like really active fun-loving leopards and we
really active fun-loving leopards and we
really active fun-loving leopards and we went back to that hospital and the same
went back to that hospital and the same
went back to that hospital and the same thing this time they were really sedated
thing this time they were really sedated
thing this time they were really sedated though you know all the patients were a
though you know all the patients were a
though you know all the patients were a little nervous and it revealed that in
little nervous and it revealed that in
little nervous and it revealed that in fact they had been cured miraculously
fact they had been cured miraculously
fact they had been cured miraculously because in humans there there is no cure
because in humans there there is no cure
because in humans there there is no cure and in animals there hadn’t been so it
and in animals there hadn’t been so it
and in animals there hadn’t been so it was this amazing discovery that I
was this amazing discovery that I
was this amazing discovery that I witnessed in the field and that we’ve
witnessed in the field and that we’ve
witnessed in the field and that we’ve caught really on cameras and when this
caught really on cameras and when this
caught really on cameras and when this show aired hospitals children’s
show aired hospitals children’s
show aired hospitals children’s hospitals parents were writing in to
hospitals parents were writing in to
hospitals parents were writing in to National Geographic and calling in
National Geographic and calling in
National Geographic and calling in saying they wanted to get a hold of this
saying they wanted to get a hold of this
saying they wanted to get a hold of this vet and find out what he was giving them
vet and find out what he was giving them
vet and find out what he was giving them and then do Studies here in the States
and then do Studies here in the States
and then do Studies here in the States which I thought was remarkable in order
which I thought was remarkable in order
which I thought was remarkable in order would have an amazing thing if this
would have an amazing thing if this
would have an amazing thing if this would lead to it to that discovery and
would lead to it to that discovery and
would lead to it to that discovery and help children here
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