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The dog who came to the Summit of Kilimanjaro, the highest in Africa

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On top of Africa. An expeditionary found at the top of Kilimanjaro, to more than 5 thousand meters of height, a dog.

While orinaba more of 5 thousand meters of height, an expeditionary is surprised to find the animal resting on a stone

Un montañero avistó un perro vivo en la cima del Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in africa, While orinaba more of 5 thousand 700 m altitude and several degrees below zero, today released magazine Tanzanian Babukubwa.

“He was responding to a call of nature and saw the dog lying one metre from the rock on which I was”, declaró a la revista John Messe, a tourist who rose along with other three companions and took a picture of the animal with your mobile phone.

The Summit, The Uhuru peak (“Freedom”, in swahili), located between the 5 thousand 730 and 5 thousand 895 meters above sea level, and it supports temperatures from less 4 and less 15 degrees Celsius.

Because of the icy cold that it is at those heights, Several scientists have questioned, not only how could he ascend the animal, But how managed to survive.

En opinión del veterinario Wilfred Marealle, It is normal for a dog to withstand extreme cold environmental conditions, but it is rare to climb to the top of Kilimanjaro, in Northern Tanzania.

That is why, Marealle warned future mountaineers they avisten to the can that be alert, since the animal could have rabies.

Director of marketing for the company that organized the rise told the magazine that ten years ago was spotted another dog in the camp of Baranco, to 3 thousand 960 meters above the sea level.

The event evokes the book “The snows of Kilimanjaro“, of Ernest Hemingway, in the U.S. author talks of finding dry and frozen skeleton of a Leopard, and he says that no one could explain is never what you were looking for the feline by those heights.

The dog who came to the Summit of Kilimanjaro

On top of Africa. An expeditionary found at the top of Kilimanjaro, to more than 5 thousand meters of height, a dog. At that point, the temperature is around less 4 and less 15 degrees Celsius. Several scientists have questioned, not only how could he ascend the animal, But how managed to survive. A local veterinarian considered it normal for a dog to withstand extreme cold environmental conditions., but he said it's rare for him to climb to the top of Kilimanjaro. The event evokes the book the snows of Kilimanjaro, de Ernest Hemingway, in the U.S. author talks of finding dry and frozen skeleton of a Leopard.

Via: Excelsior

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