15 unusual animal friendships that will melt your heart

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15 Unusual Animal FriendshipsThat Will Melt Your Heart

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There are some people out there that still believe that animals are just dumb beasts, but the unlikely animalfriendships weve gathered here will prove that they are capable of feeling love and compassion just like weare.

aturally, all of these pictures are heart!breakingly adorable, but theres more to it than that. "hy did theseanimals form their friendships# $ome of them, like the lions, dogs and elephants, are known for forming strongsocial relationships or even networks in the wild. %n the absence of their prides or packs, it makes sense thatthey would seek social relationships outside of their own species. &ther more solitary animals may formparent!child relationship with animals that they spend time with or that helped raise them, especially if theirown parents are gone.

"hatever the reason may be, unusual friendships like these show that animals may be far more emotionallycomple' than many of us believe. (aybe these friendships arent so unusual after all)

1. Bubbles the African Elephant and Bella the

Black Labrador
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%mage credits* +arry +landespite the e'treme difference in si-e, +ubbles the elephant and +ella the black lab have become great

friends. +ubbles was brought to a safari reserve in the .$. after she was rescued from ivory poachers in/frica, while +ella was left there by a contractor for the park. The two are great to see together, especiallywhen +ella uses +ubbles as a diving board) 0read more1

2. Bea the Giraffe and Wilma the Ostrich
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+ea and "ilma have become great friends during their time together at +usch 3ardens in the .$. The twoshare a huge 45!acre enclosure, so they arent forced to spend time together they do so willingly.

3. Tinni the o! and "niffer the Wild #o$
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%mage credits* Torgeir +ergeTinni the dog and $niffer the wild fo' have been the best of friends since they met in the forests of orway.Torgeir +erge, Tinnis owner, does what he can to keep up and photograph the pair as they play in the woods.0read more1
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%. Tor&ue the o! and "hrek the O'l

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Tor6ue adopted $hrek the owl chick when he was just 4 months old himself. $hrek was removed from hismothers care because handlers were afraid that she might eat him when stressed. 7es doing great now, andthe two have become inseparable pals.

(. #red the Labrador and ennis the ucklin!


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Things were looking grim for ennis the duckling when his mother had been mauled by a fo'. 8red the9abrador and his owner :eremy, however, found and rescued ennis. ennis and 8red have been buddies

ever since. 8red apparently has a big heart, because its not the first time hes helped take care of an orphan he once adopted a baby deer as well.

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%mage credits* /nita (aric

/fter being saved from the pot due to a foot injury, (able found a new wonder when she was moved into herowners home puppies) 8or some reason, the year!old hen has taken to roosting on the puppies and keepingthem warm while their mother prefers the yard. 3o figure)


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-. *ilo the o! and Bonedi!!er the Lion


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(ilo the tiny dachshund took +onedigger the lion cub under his wing when it was discovered that the lion wassuffering from a metabolic bone disease that left him disabled. 8ive years later, the 5;; pound lion is still thebest of buddies with the . +at and the #o$
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%mage credits* imgur.com

This curious pair was spotted playing by fishermen on the shore of 9ake =an in Turkey. ot much is knownbeyond the fact that theyre very cute and very playful.

/. "here 0han Baloo and Leo
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%mage credits* +arcroft (edia

The tale of $here Khan the tiger, +aloo the bear and 9eo the lion is truly touching. The three of them wererescued together from a drug dealer who had abused them e'tensively. +aloo even needed surgery to removea harness that had grown into his skin and caused deformities the owner had never bothered to adjust it.+ecause of what theyve suffered together, the three friends are now inseparable. They are under the care of

the oahs /rk /nimal $anctuary in the .$.

1. *ani the Wild Boar ,i!let and +and theo!


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(anni the wild boar piglet was found starving in a field in southwest 3ermany and brought home by theahlhaus family. "hen he was introduced to their :ack >ussell terrier ?andy, the two immediately hit it off.$ince last we heard, (anni is recovering well and will either stay with his family or move to a wildlife park.

11. 0asi the +heetah and *tani the Labrador
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%mage credits* +usch 3ardens Tampa

Kasi and (tani were raised together at +ush 3ardens in the .$. uring their youth, their unusual friendshipwas a treat to watch. /s he grew into adolescence, however, Kasi began drifting away from (tani andbecoming more interested in the female cheetahs in the ne't pen. "hile Kasi now spends more time with other

cheetahs, the two are still good friends and often visit schools and other places together.

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%mage credits* Tanja /skani

$potted by animal photographer Tanja /skani, this unusual deer and rabbit duo looks like right out of isneysclassic +ambi.

13. "uria the Oran!utan and 4oscoe the BlueTick 5ound
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$uryia and >oscoe live together at a rare and endangered species reserve in the .$. "hile orangutans areendangered, dogs are certainly less so. 7owever, >oscoe has lived with her ever since he followed $uryia andher handlers home. %t didnt look like he had any other home to go to, so he stayed with $uryia, and theyvebeen great friends ever since.


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1%. 0ate the Great ane and ,ippin the eer

%mage credits* %sobel $pringett
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%mage credits* %sobel $pringett

ippin the baby deer was adopted by Kate the caring 3reat ane. They were great friends while growing up,but as ippin matured, she moved out into the forest to raise a deer family of her own. $he still visits Kate andher owner %sobel, however.

1(. An6ana the +himpan7ee and Ti!er +ubs
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These two white tiger cubs were separated from their mother after her enclosure was flooded during ahurricane. 8ortunately, theyve been adopted by a .$. animal reserve by /njana the chimpan-ee and theircaretaker, ?hina @ork. /njana has helped ?hina raise many different orphaned animals, so were sure theyrein good hands.

"hether or not youve seen isneys beloved The 8o' /nd The 7ound movie, youll love Tinni the dog and$niffer the wild fo', two unlikely friends from two different worlds.

Tinni lives with his owner photographer Torgeir +erge in the forests of orway. &ne day, while they were on awalk together in the woods, they met a wild fo' that they named $niffer. espite the thousands of years ofbreeding and the social circumstances that stood between them, they became the best of friends.

ow, +erge follows the two unlikely pals around as they romp and play through the woods. 8ortuntely for therest of us, he brings his camera along to capture their beautiful friendship. The way the two friends playtogether reminds us that wild animals, which many of us fear or disrespect, can be far more similar to thedomesticated animals we love than we thought.

The e'perience has changed +erges mind about orways fo'!fur trade he now wants to help work to banthe hunting of fo'es for their fur. 7e hopes to achieve this in part by publishing a book about the duos

adventures in a book called The 8o' /nd The og together with writer +erit 7elberg.

$ource*8acebookA+erit 7elberg0via* dailymail1

*eet Tinni the do! and "niffer the'ild fo$. The met in a 8or'e!ianforest
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9ou mi!ht not belie:e it but the;:ebecome the best of friends


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The met each other 'hen Tinni'as takin! a 'alk in the 'oods 'ith

his o'ner Tor!eir Ber!e
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espite the differences in breedin!and social situation the t'o pals are

inseparable


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"eein! their friendship made Ber!echan!e his mind about the fi$


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Ber!e and his friend 'riter Berit5elber! plan to release a stor

book 'ith photos.


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The mone from the book 'illcontribute to the fi!ht a!ainst the

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8or more unusual and adorable animal friendships, check out thisfriendship between a dog and anelephantand this one between a dog and a lion)
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