What will happen if a tortoise races a hare? Well, we all know what happened in the Aesop fables, but this is for real!
A viral video on the internet showed a group of people, unsuprisingly from various generations, trying to figure out if a tortoise could really challenge the speedy mamal on a race track. Turns out, the hare is indeed lazy when it comes to crossing the finish line, and the tortoise is fully capable of making it pay. The Aesop fable was not wrong, after all.
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The latest internet sensation, shot at an unknown location showed a small Asian gathering cheering on the two animals competing. They were separated by a cute race track, the video showed.
THE RABBIT-TORTOISE RACE: WATCH THE VIRAL VIDEO HERE
As in the fables, the tortoise gently but steadily went past the finishing line while the hare decided to take breaks despite making a great start. The bunny refused to reach the finish line even after a senior woman tried to "shoo" it on. Instead, it decided to rest on the grassy track, the video showed.
The tortoise, meanwhile, needed no external pressure to march towards the finish line and emerge victorious.
Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. 'The boy who cried wolf', 'The fox and the grapes', 'The dog and his reflection' and 'The lion and the mouse' are some of the other stories from the collection that have been told to generations of children across generations to teach moral lessons.