Watch What Happens When A Tortoise And A Rabbit Race Each Other In Real Life
A popular story coming to life.
By John Lim — 10 Oct 2016, 01:03 PM
The story of the tortoise and the rabbit is a well-known tale that's not foreign to us. It's a simple and meaningful story that's been told by parents and teachers for decades.
What? You don't remember the story? How could you?! Fine, here's how the story goes...
An arrogant rabbit ridicules a slow-moving tortoise and challenges it to race. During the race, the rabbit gains a head start and overestimates its own abilities and decides to sleep midway, and is eventually defeated by the tortoise who slowly but determinedly keeps at it till the end.
The moral of the story?
The importance of steadiness over speed and never, NEVER underestimate others.
However, one can't help but wonder... what happens if you really put a rabbit up against a tortoise in a race?
Well, wonder no more! Because there's a real life race between a tortoise and a rabbit that's currently making rounds on social media.
This video posted by Facebook user Nur Muhammad Nur Iskandar yesterday, 9 October has gone viral. It has over 250,000 views, with over 14,000 shares at the time of writing.
The amusing video shows a tortoise and rabbit racing against each other along a track - mimicking the popular story.
The slow-and-steady tortoise was given a headstart but as expected, the rabbit blazed past the reptile
With only a few hops to the finish line, the fluffy rabbit came to an abrupt stop to chill for a second
Although the rabbit didn't take a nap, that few seconds of rest time gave the tortoise the chance to crawl past the bunny in style.
