An incredible example of animal friendship (9 photos)

It is rare to find friendship between different species animals, but it happens. And what can I say, we ourselves often We choose as friends those who are completely different from us.





Here's a nice selection of cases where animals that, it would seem that they should never have crossed paths, as a result they got close friendship.

Black Labrador Bella and Elephant Bubbles



These guys live in a safari park in Myrtle Beach. Bubbles was as a baby when his father and mother were killed by poachers. Elephant rescued and gave him shelter in the park. Bella and Bubbles are very fond of messing around together in water or roll on the grass. It's funny that an elephant throws a ball with its trunk, and Bella catches it by jumping off Bubbles' head.

Fox Sniffer and dog Tinny





A dog named Tinny lives in the Norwegian Forest. They With the owner Thorgeir walked together and stumbled upon a wild fox. Dog and fox became so friendly and so fond of joint walks that the owner of Tinny even gave a nickname to a new friend - Sniffer.

Thorgeir watches with interest the games of two friends and he was so inspired by their friendship that he began work to combat Norwegian fur industry.

Owl Shrek and Greyhound Torquay



Torquay was only six months old when she started taking care of the chick. long-eared owl, which falconers slept. One of the hunters named John Picton, from the very beginning he slowly introduced the owlet and his dog. At first he just fed them in the same room, then he began gradually bring Shrek closer to Torquay. Now they're inseparable a couple of friends.

White tiger cubs and Anyana chimpanzee



On the territory of the Institute of Rare and Endangered Animals (California) two white tiger cubs were born during a hurricane. Many of the premises were flooded and the animals needed to be urgently evacuate. Baby tigers given to animal educator China York, and her chimpanzee, Anyana, was so eager to help York that quite quickly seized the initiative in their strong paws. Anyana herself as a child, she was a ward of Chyna and now she is her faithful assistant, helping dozens of animals in the shelter.

Fred the Labrador and Dennis the Duck



The duckling was only a week old when the four-year-old Fred adopted him because Dennis' mom was bitten by a fox. The responsible dog immediately rushed to fulfill his parental duties, washing it with the tongue from dust and dirt. And so, from that moment, a duckling and a labrador do not just swim together in a pond, but also play and even sleep.

Roscoe the hunting dog and Suriya the orangutan



Suriya was in a real depression, having lost both of her parents. She refused to eat, was lethargic and just sat whole. day longing for mom and dad. Despite all the efforts of doctors, nothing helped and the doctors feared that the orangutan would simply die of boredom.

But meeting with the same orphaned Roscoe changed everything. They reached out to each other and really became friends. They live in Myrtle Beach, at the Rare and Endangered Species Institute.

Bea the giraffe and Wilma the ostrich



A couple of long necks live in Florida's Busch Garden Zoo located in Tampa Bay. The two of them never get bored of society each other: on a territory of 26 hectares where they live, African elephants, zebras, giraffes, birds and rhinos, Bea and Wilma suddenly became most loyal friends. Usually, the prevailing majority of animals, prefers his own kind.

Boar Munny and terrier Candy



A little wild pig, abandoned by his mother, roamed the countryside in Germany. It was there that the Dalhouse family and their dog Candy. People could not pass by and took a small pig, naming her Manny. Terrier and pig all day long play, running in chasing and hiding from each other. Manny to become closer to your friend, even taughtlet out something like a bark.