🌴🌊 Rokits Make Da Kine Israel Kine Guys Run, Bumbye One Rare Seal Bring Um Back 🚀
No stay shook, braddahs and sistahs. One nui nui, endangered monk seal named Yulia show up and take all da kine Israel peep’s minds off da crazy kine violence and political pilikia 😱💥🚀. Yulia neva even stay scared by all da rokits firing from Gaza or da missles flying da oddah way 🚀🚫😰🌊.
Brah, dis seal, she six feet long and been around fo’ like twenty years, she haul herself up on one sandy beach in Jaffa. Dis place stay jus’ south of Tel Aviv 🌍🌊🏖️. And, check dis out, dis was during da four of five days wen da Israel military and da Palestinian militants in Gaza wen stay scrapping 🇮🇱🇵🇸💣.
And den, she jus’ go moemoe right dea 🌴😴🏖️.
Da next part, Ruthy Yahel, one marine ecologist at Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority, wen call her arrival one miracle 👩🔬🙌🌍. She stay saying Yulia no understand any kine limits, borders, or wars between countries.
Yulia jus’ stay on da beach fo’ couple days, sleeping even through da announcement of da kine cease-fire 🏖️😴🕊️. She neva even blink wen da crowd start showing up for look at her while she stay snoozing 🧐👀.
No, she only stay focused on molting. Her fur slowly wen change from brown to gray. Sometimes, she wen roll around on da sand. But most times, she jus’ stay sleep 🌴🌞😴.
Wen her fame start to spread, Israel’s nature authority wen block off da beach so nobody could disturb her 🛑🏖️📸. Kan, da national broadcaster, wen put one camera on her sleeping spot and even wen make one livestream online 📹🎥🌐.
In one weekend, Israel’s national talk story time wen change from war to seals — giving one of da frequent kind kine emotional rollercoaster that define daily life in Israel, where dey get one decades-old conflict with da Palestinians, and with all kine widening internal splits, make fo’ one crazy existence 😖🗣️🎭.
For all da kine conservation experts, Yulia’s arrival stay also one small win aftah a decades-long effort fo’ bring back one nearly extinct species 👩🔬🎉🌊.
Back in da late 1800s, da Mediterranean monk seal population was in da thousands. But by da 20th century, had only a few hundreds left aftah hunters wen kill too many and human activity wen mess up da seals’ homes 🏞️💔😥.
Aftah Mia Elasar, one Israeli seal expert, wen send pictures of Yulia to colleagues in Turkey, da Turkish guys wen notice one familiar and unique mark on her back — a scar they compare to a “tughra,” or da elaborate calligraphic signature of an Ottoman caliph 📸🇹🇷🌊.
All da kine Israeli guys, da news of da seal wen give dem small kine relief from all da drama — from one deep social rift over da government’s proposed changes to da judiciary, to last week’s war, and an insurgency in da Israeli-occupied West Bank.
But on Wednesday, da visitors wen find one empty beach. Yulia had vanished into the sea, and it wasn’t clear whether she would return 🌊😞🔍. On Thursday, Yulia did make a couple aborted attempts to land on a more northerly beach, but each time seemed put off by the presence of dogs 🏖️🐕😔.
“Eh, fo’ dis country, I hope she comes back,” Ms. Danan said. “Dis country needs distraction.” 🇮🇱🙏🌊
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🌴🌊 Rockets cause chaos in Israel, but a rare seal brings respite 🚀
Don’t be surprised, friends. A large, endangered monk seal named Yulia showed up and managed to distract the Israeli people from the ongoing violence and political unrest 😱💥🚀. Yulia remained undeterred by all the rockets firing from Gaza or the missiles flying the other way 🚀🚫😰🌊.
This seal, who is six feet long and has been around for about twenty years, hauled herself onto a sandy beach in Jaffa. This place is just south of Tel Aviv 🌍🌊🏖️. Remarkably, this happened during the four to five days when the Israeli military and the Palestinian militants in Gaza were engaged in conflict 🇮🇱🇵🇸💣.
Then, she just slept right there 🌴😴🏖️.
Next, Ruthy Yahel, a marine ecologist at Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority, called her arrival a miracle 👩🔬🙌🌍. She pointed out that Yulia does not understand any kind of limits, borders, or wars between countries.
Yulia simply stayed on the beach for a few days, sleeping even through the announcement of a cease-fire 🏖️😴🕊️. She didn’t even flinch when a crowd began to gather to look at her as she slept 🧐👀.
No, she remained focused on molting. Her fur slowly changed from brown to gray. Sometimes, she rolled around on the sand. But most of the time, she just slept 🌴🌞😴.
When her fame began to spread, Israel’s nature authority cordoned off the beach so no one could disturb her 🛑🏖️📸. Kan, the national broadcaster, installed a camera at her sleeping spot and even created a live stream online 📹🎥🌐.
Over a weekend, Israel’s national conversation shifted from war to seals — providing a break from the frequent emotional rollercoaster that defines daily life in Israel, where a decades-old conflict with the Palestinians, and widening internal splits, create a complex existence 😖🗣️🎭.
For conservation experts, Yulia’s arrival also marked a small victory after a decades-long effort to revive a nearly extinct species 👩🔬🎉🌊.
Back in the late 1800s, the Mediterranean monk seal population was in the thousands. But by the 20th century, only a few hundred were left after hunters killed too many and human activity disrupted the seals’ habitats 🏞️💔😥.
After Mia Elasar, an Israeli seal expert, sent pictures of Yulia to colleagues in Turkey, the Turkish experts noticed a familiar and unique mark on her back — a scar they compare to a “tughra,” or the elaborate calligraphic signature of an Ottoman caliph 📸🇹🇷🌊.
For the Israeli people, the news of the seal offered a moment of relief amidst all the drama — from a deep social rift over the government’s proposed changes to the judiciary, to the recent war, and an insurgency in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
But on Wednesday, visitors found an empty beach. Yulia had vanished into the sea, and it wasn’t clear whether she would return 🌊😞🔍. On Thursday, Yulia made a couple of unsuccessful attempts to land on a more northerly beach, but each time seemed put off by the presence of dogs 🏖️🐕😔.
“For this country, I hope she comes back,” Ms. Danan said. “This country needs a distraction.” 🇮🇱🙏🌊
