Strange and Improbable Animal Friendships

[G_j]

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..couldn't resist..

Strange and Improbable Animal Friendships! (30 pics)

http://icantbelieveit.org/2013/06/strange-animal-friendships.html

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A baby hippo was swept away by a tsunami and rescued by a wild life reservation. A 130 year old tortoise immediately befriended him.



A stray cat wandered into this asiastic bear’s enclosure at the Berlin Zoo. It’s been coming back frequently for 10 years to visit its friend



After a devastating forest fire, fire rescue ran out of crates for the animals saved from the blazes. This fawn and baby bobcat were placed together in the office. Hours later, firemen noticed they’d taken a liking to one another and cuddled for the duration they were kept together.

[Fridays Child]

1. That bear is doing a mean Travis Bickle.

"You talkin' to me?"

[rusty fender]

2. You'd think that a tortoise would not have "feelings"

about anything, let alone another creature not from its species, but this tortoise really likes this hippo! Amazing.

[DeSwiss]

3. K&R

[Donald Ian Rankin]

4. "Improbable", possibly?

I think your title would probably get X-rated...

[countryjake]

6. It's the title that the web site used...

on a page full of absolutely beautiful examples of adaptability.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

9. I wonder how many of their visitors were disappointed... N.T.

[G_j]

8. Yep

Missed the original typo ..corrected..

[ReRe]

5. Makes you wonder...

... who the actual intelligent animals on this planet are.

[countryjake]

7. The pic of the lonely lioness with the baby impala...

adopted after she killed its mother, is the one that simply blows me away!

[quinnox]

10. Cool stuff

Cats are awesome, it must be said.

[bvar22]

11. We are grateful for having the privilege of wittnessing one of these improbable relationships.

They became BFFs, and played and hunted together.






Born to Be Wild
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=268x5178


Happy Birthday to Blossom the Rescue Fawn!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11614780

Blossom, the Rescue Fawn, has since Answered the Call, and joined the herd of Does that run around this area.
She told us she was getting ready to do so,
and we let her go with our blessing.... and a little grief.
We miss her.

We think we see her from time to time,
but it is impossible to really know.

[countryjake]

12. What a beautiful experience!

Your pictures show what an exquisite creature Blossom is.

Thanks for sharing the rest of your story here, I'd seen the little fawn's earlier days from your original post, but have wondered whatever became of her in these years since. I'll bet your big boy kitty misses her, too.

Those sort of brief encounters with Nature are the stuff of dreams, I think. Starkraven (or you) should write a book.