Industrialist Anand Mahindra has wished a Happy New Year to everyone, hoping that the world finds its “collective wings” in the coming year to tide over the challenges put forth by the prolonged coronavirus pandemic.
He also shared a video on Twitter of a gigantic Andean condor being released into the Peruvian mountains after recovering from severe poisoning.
Mr Mahindra said the video captured “all my hopes” for the New Year. He also added in the caption that the Andean condor “was released in the Peruvian mountains after recovering from severe poisoning”.
Further, in the caption, Mr Mahindra wrote, “Covid poisoned the world. May we find our collective wings in ‘22. Happy New Year to you all.”
The video showed an Andean condor, among the biggest birds in the world, spreading its massive wings on a Peruvian mountain cliff just before taking off for a flight of freedom. As it glided around the peaks, it appeared as if life ran through it again after it recovered from severe food poisoning.
The bird was brought to the peak in a wooden box and allowed to come out of it through a door in it. Unsure of what was happening around it, the condor took baby steps and looked at its saviours. It slowly moved towards the cliff, stood there for a few moments, and then took off to the skies.
Watch the video here:
The video has so far received over 91.9k views. It has been liked over 2,000 times.
The Andean condor is among the heaviest birds in the world that can fly. Because of their weight and enormous wingspan, they prefer to live in areas with strong winds, which help them glide without much effort. As their name suggests, they are mostly found in the Andes Mountains in South America, which includes Peru.
A new wave of the pandemic, triggered by the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus, is sweeping the world, forcing authorities to roll back New Year Eve celebrations. It was first detected in South Africa but has since spread to many parts of the world, including India.
