Sometimes amazing friendships arise between animals:

After spending enough time alone in the owner's house, they became friends. The crow almost always sits on the dog's back, and the dog even barks when people try to touch the crow. Their owner made a special harness to make it more convenient for them to walk together.

A black swan feeds fish in a public park.

After a devastating forest fire, firefighters have no cages left for the animals rescued from the fire. This fawn and the little lynx ended up together in one of the office rooms. A few hours later, one of the firefighters noticed that they liked each other and sat cuddled together the entire time they were kept in the room together.

The duck and the cat grew up together. The duck hates water and has not yet realized that he can fly.

This macaque and a pigeon lived together at an animal welfare center off the coast of China. They ate, played and slept together for two months until they were released into the wild.

A wildlife park in China adopted two tiger cubs, who were soon adopted by a park employee's dog, who often visited their pen.

The Fernandez family took in the tiger cub after he lost his family. He grew up with the family dog, and now they are inseparable.

A five-week-old boar plays with Candy, a Jack Russell terrier, in Ehringhausen, Germany.

Humphrey was a pet who grew too big and was therefore moved to the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve in South Africa, where he was safe but alone. However, a pygmy mountain goat snuck into his pen and befriended him.

Sobe the iguana and Johann the cat were rescued by a woman from Brooklyn, New York. Every day, when the iguana is released from its cage, it looks for Joan to play with her and her rabbit, who is also a pet.

The little hippopotamus was carried away by the tsunami wave, but he was lucky and was rescued by representatives of the Wildlife Protection Fund. An old 130-year-old tortoise immediately befriended him.

Everyone knows who Koko the gorilla is, who can communicate using sign language. On one of her birthdays, she told her teacher that she wanted a kitten. Koko's teacher was not surprised, since Koko's two favorite books were about cats. They adopted a kitten from a shelter, and Coco surrounded him with tenderness and care.

A lioness, abandoned by her pack, decided to take in an impala cub whose mother she had killed. She tried several times to leave him in the company of other impalas, but they always ran away, scared of her, so she had to take the baby back under her wing.

A lion, a tiger and a bear, raised together in the same pen at the Noah's Ark animal shelter in Georgia, play with a ball, hug and chase each other.

An unusual friendship developed between a giraffe and an ostrich at Busch Gardens, Florida.

The little impala was left behind as her herd ran away from the cheetahs. Instead of eating the impala, they played with it gently and then, when they got tired of it, they simply left.

The owls, hatched at the Birds of Prey Conservation Center, were taken in by a worker at the center, and they became friends with his dog.

After a family adopts a stray cat, it becomes friends with their old dog. Realizing that the dog was blind, the cat began to take her to water, food, shade on the street and to toys. She walked in such a way that she constantly remained under the dog’s chin, leading it along with her.

A stray cat once wandered into this Himalayan bear's pen at the Berlin Zoo. For 10 years now she has been constantly coming to visit her friend.

This couple was spotted throughout the year near Lake Van, Turkey. They were first noticed by a local fisherman who watched them eat fish and play together.

At the TIGERS Institute in South Carolina, a chimpanzee took on two tiger cubs after their mother abandoned them.

A photographer watched a wild polar bear approach tethered sled dogs in Canada's Hudson Bay wilderness. Instead of eating the dogs, he played and cuddled with them. That week the polar bear came back to play with the dogs every night.

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It is believed that friendship between predatory animals and people is practically impossible, and often even an ordinary meeting in the wild can end sadly.

I bring to your attention several incredible true stories that prove the opposite...

1. Friendship between the crocodile Pocho and a human

Crocodiles are not exactly cute and fluffy, but there are still pleasant exceptions.

Almost 20 years ago, a fisherman named Chito noticed a 5-meter seriously wounded crocodile in the bushes (he was shot by a farmer). The fisherman could not pass by, leaving the animal to die, and decided to help him - he brought him home and took care of him. The crocodile was named Pocho.

"I just wanted him to feel loved and to understand that not all people are bad," Chito told the Times. "I love all animals, especially those that need help."

When the crocodile gained strength, Chito decided to free him and took him to the lake to set him free. But Pocho returned back to his savior. With the permission of the Minister of the Environment, he took care of his new friend for almost two decades. He was placed in an artificial pond, with a biologist and a veterinarian assigned to him.

Over time, the crocodile and the man began to trust each other so much that they spent time in the water playing games for several hours a day.

It is noteworthy that Pocho was gentle and patient with his human companion and even responded to his name when called.

Thousands of tourists, scientists and animal behaviorists came to see Chito and Pocho's friendship.

In 2011, after many years of friendship, Pocho died of natural causes at the age of 50. Hundreds of people attended his funeral.

Naturally, Chito was devastated by the death of his friend Pocho, but continues to this day to share his story to raise awareness of how kind and unique crocodiles can be.

2. Friendship between a man and a polar bear

Mark Abbot Dumas is the only person in the world who has very close contact with a polar bear. They have been friends for 16 years; they swim in the pool together, wrestle, lie in the grass and just fool around on the lawn.

Mark is a professional trainer and met Agee when she was just eight weeks old. One day, while searching for a bear cub for an upcoming film about Alaska, he learned that a zoo in Sweden had an extra polar bear cub. He made a lot of efforts to pick him up from the zoo, went through several authorities and proved that he could properly care for and maintain the animal.

After permission was received, Agee went with Mark to his home in Canada. She lived in Mark and his wife's house for the first few weeks, and then as she grew a little older and stronger, she moved into her own spacious enclosure, next to Mark's house.

Now 16-year-old bear Agee is a local heroine - a star in newspapers and television. She has a great appetite and eats salmon, chicken and others. various types meat.

3. Unusual Trinity

In the American state of Georgia, in the animal rehabilitation center Noah's Ark in the small town of Locust Grove, an unusual trinity lives: a lion named Leo, a Bengal tiger Shere Kahn and an American black bear Baloo ( Baloo).

The animals have been with each other since childhood - 12 years ago they were confiscated from local drug lords and brought to this center.

Since then they have lived together, hugging, playing ball, chasing each other - in general, they are strong friends.

And recently, three friends were moved to a new spacious enclosure with an artificial lake and a large wooden house.

Such friendship among such wild animals is very unusual, because black bears and tigers mature age are considered loners.

The story of the unusual friendship between the tiger Amur and the goat Timur is widely known. However, other animals can boast of unexpected friends.

Bea the giraffe and Wilma the ostrich were born in an Atlanta nature reserve. And from a young age they spend time in each other’s company, exploring the surroundings together, playing and sleeping.

When the owner of a cat named Range adopted a little rat whom she named Peanut, she was very worried about how the animals would get along with each other. And in vain. Peanut and Ranj have become such good friends that they play together, sleep together and even eat from the same bowl.

Capybara Jojo is the friendliest capybara in the world. Her many companions include puppies, chickens and ducklings kept by her owners. Jojo loves to play with them, swim and carry them on his broad back.

Australian Shepherd Moose very quickly found mutual language with the little fox Juniper, whom her owner found wounded in the forest. Now they are friends like water.

Anthony the lion and Riley the coyote met at a sanctuary for rescued exotic animals in Arizona when they were both one month old. And they were inseparable until Anthony's death.

Simon the bull was taken to a wildlife rescue center in Thailand after losing part of his back leg. During his treatment, he unexpectedly became friends with the giant tortoise Leonardo, who was transported to the Center after the closure of the Bangkok Zoo.

Found abandoned, rhino Jaime was too young to live with other rhinos at a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa. And so she was placed with the lamb Joey, who had been abandoned by his mother. The orphaned animals quickly became friends and are inseparable to this day.

One day, Atlanta police, during a search of a suspect's home, found lion, tiger and bear cubs there. In the reserve where the babies were brought, they were named Leo, Sherkhan and Baloo. The rescued trio became best friends and social media stars.

After seeing an owlet fall out of its nest, a Brazilian biologist brought the chick home and named it Forby. And there the owner’s cat Cleo took patronage of the baby, and they continue to remain best friends.

Orphaned at the age of six months, the elephant calf Temba found shelter at a center for rescued wild animals in South Africa. The ram Albert, who lived there, immediately took a liking to Temba and, without leaving the elephant a single step and repeating all his movements, was soon able to achieve mutual friendship.

A Cincinnati Zoo employee adopted an Anatolian Shepherd puppy and a cheetah kitten when they were both two months old. Having grown up together, Sahara and Alexa are not just friends, they are like sisters.

Hippo Owen, rescued after the tsunami, was taken to a Kenyan wildlife center where he soon became friends with 130-year-old tortoise Mzee. They were inseparable until the center’s employees were forced to separate their friends for Mzee’s safety reasons: the grown Owen began to weigh 300 kg.

In the wild, dolphins and sea lions are rivals. But at the Australian Aquarium, Jet the dolphin and Miri the sea lion are best friends who love to swim together and communicate with each other by making loud noises.

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They are so different, but that doesn't stop them from being friends!

While people argue, quarrel and fight wars over different political views, races and nationalities, animals show and prove that none of this matters. There are many examples of animals of completely different species becoming friends and caring for each other, despite the fact that in nature one can eat the other. They simply were not told that they should be enemies or they simply did not listen.

It seems to me that these animals have more humanity than many people. I think we can learn a lot from them: no matter where you live or what language you speak, you just need to be a little more understanding and not listen to those who say otherwise.

Look at these 15 amazing stories sincere and true friendship between animals. I hope they teach us something.

1. Bubbles - African elephant and Bella - black labrador

Despite the huge difference in size, Bubbles the elephant and Bella the dog became true friends. Bubbles was brought to a safari park in the US after she was rescued from ivory hunters in Africa while Bella was a "contractor" at the park. It's really fun to watch them together, especially when Bella uses Bubbles as a springboard!

2. Giraffe Beai Ostrich Wilma.

Bea and Wilma met and became friends at Bush Gardens in the USA. It's hard to say what made these two longnecks become friends, but it happened. They constantly spend time together and do not leave each other.

3. Tinny the dog and Sniffer the wild fox

Remember the Disney cartoon "The Fox and the Hound"? So, here is the same situation: the fox and the dog, despite different social circumstances, became best friends. Tinny lives with her owner, photographer Torger Berge, in Norway. One day, while walking in the forest, they saw a fox, and this was the beginning of their acquaintance.

4. Tork the dog and Shrek the owl

The little owlet Shrek was taken from his mother's nest because they were afraid that she might peck at him under stress. This is how he met the then six-month-old puppy Tork, who began to take care of him.

5. Labrador Fred and Duckling Dennis

Fred and his owner Jeremy found and rescued a duckling after its mother was mauled by a fox. Since then, the labrator began to take care of Dennis and they became good friends. Apparently Fred has a big heart; he once rescued and took care of a fawn.

6. Mabel the Chicken and the Puppies

One day, Mabel the chicken needed surgery on her leg and was taken into the house for a while. There she discovered a new object to care for. She became a nanny for the little puppies while their mother spent time outside.

7. Milo the dachshund and Bonniger the lion

Milo the dachshund took the little lion cub under his wing when he was diagnosed with a bone disease that could have resulted in disability. The treatment was successful and the little lion cub turned into a 220-kilogram lion. But this did not stop Bonniger and the 5-kilogram dachshund Milo from being friends to this day.

8. Cat and Fox

Playing on the shores of Lake Van in Turkey, this curious couple was spotted by a photographer. Unfortunately, it is not known what contributed to this friendship, but it was obvious that they had fun spending time together.

9. Tiger Shere Khan, bear Baloo and lion Leo.

While still young, the three were rescued from drug dealers who abused them. Perhaps their shared torment became the link of their inseparable friendship. Now the three of them live under one roof, play together and take care of each other.

10. Mani - wild boar and Candy - terrier

This piglet was found starving in a field in southwest Germany. When he was brought home, the Jack Russell terrier Candy immediately accepted Mani well. They constantly play and frolic in the street.

11. Labrador Mtani and cheetah Kashi

Kashi and Mtani grew up together in Bush Gardens, USA. During their childhood, watching them was a great pleasure, however, as they grew up, Kashi began to devote more time to the cheetahs of the opposite sex. But they still remained good and friends and can sometimes be seen walking together.

12. Rabbit and deer

The two were photographed by photographer Tanya Askani. This beautiful couple looks exactly like from the cartoon "Bambi".

13. Orangutan Sirya and hound Roscoe

Sirya and Roscoe live together in a refuge for rare and endangered species in the United States. They constantly spend time together, especially love to swim in the pool.

14. Kate the Great Dane and Pippin the Reindeer

The fawn was raised by a dog named Kate. Over time, when the fawn grew up, he went into the forest. Now he regularly returns to the house where his “foster mother” lives and is not at all afraid of the people living there.

15. Chimpanzee Anyana and tiger cubs

Two white tiger cubs lost their mother during a flood and were rescued by environmentalists. They were settled in one of the American reserves, where the chimpanzee Anyana helps people look after their pets. Thanks to her natural maternal instinct and excellent contact with people, Anyana became a nanny for many cubs of predatory and herbivorous animals.

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This article will talk about the friendship between different types animals, and precisely friendship, not symbiosis. One such example of friendship is told in D. Curwood’s book “Bums of the North” (a novel based on real events). This book tells the story of how a hunter tied a puppy and a bear cub together so that they would not fall out of the boat, but the unexpected happened, they got lost in the forest and this pair began to travel tied up alone. And although after some time the rope broke, they continued their journey together. These animals endured all the hardships and joys together without parting until the end of their lives - a huge grizzly bear and a husky.

"It's a very strange thing for a bear and a wolf to get along like that," says 56-year-old Finnish photographer Lassi Rautjanen. For ten days he observed the friendship of a she-wolf and a brown bear. Lassi watched them every night from eight in the evening to four in the morning. The animals even shared food with each other. What is most striking, of course, is the friendship of those animals that are irreconcilable enemies in the wild.

“It’s not clear exactly how they became friends. Most likely, they were both young and alone, and did not know how to survive on their own,” says the photographer.

Friendship between different animals

1) Universal foster mother

Monkey Anjana and panther kittens

The Institute of Rare and Endangered Species (South Carolina, USA) is home to the monkey Anjana, who is a professional foster mother for a large number of local animals. She became a foster mother to little panther kittens, lion cubs and a baby orangutan. And currently she is the mother of 2 white-haired tiger cubs with the nicknames Shiva and Mitra. It is, of course, very difficult to cope with such twins. After all, the chimpanzee not only plays with the cubs, but also feeds them milk from a bottle. Simply put, this mother knows what she is doing... And the tiger mother was deprived of cubs parental rights because she had a very violent postpartum period and prolonged neurosis, which was caused by a hurricane.

2) Dad is an antelope

Canada goose and antelope

Showing unprecedented interspecies friendship, in a cemetery in Buffalo, USA, an antelope watched for weeks as a Canada goose nested. This bird was hatching eggs in a trash can, and the antelope was located nearby, moving in such a way as to act as an obstacle between the goose nest and a potential threat: passers-by or cars. In the nature of a goose, father and mother hatch their eggs, replacing each other, so that in the absence of one of the parents, the eggs continue to be warmed by the other parent, however, in this case, the future mother goose was alone, and apart from a protector as an antelope, this goose had no one did not have. The goslings soon hatched and came out of the urn, but the antelope still continued to protect them, driving away the crows that were hunting the goose chicks.

3) Lion and tigress

Lion and tigress

In a zoo called Shamadan, which is located near Amman (Jordan). The lion Laith lives with the tigress Dima. Although the union of lions and tigers is not an isolated incident, it is still considered a miracle here. The cubs of these mixed pairs are called ligers.

4) Friendship between an amphibian and a mouse

Mouse on the back of a frog

Here's another interesting fact. In 2006, an Indian photographer took a photo. It depicts a mouse sitting on the back of a frog during the rising water season. This year, the monsoon rains arrived earlier, and this lucky mouse stayed on the water thanks to its friendship with a frog.

5) Roe deer and her faithful friend the red cat in the Odessa Zoo

Roe deer and red cat

Such friendship is an extremely unusual and rather rare phenomenon in nature, but now we have begun to more often encounter animals that are friends with each other.

And our story will be about the friendship of two different animals living in the Odessa Zoo. After all, for several years, visitors, as well as employees of this zoo, can observe how a graceful roe deer and a yard ginger cat are friends with each other.

And now it’s a special spectacle at the Odessa Zoo to see the friendship between a roe deer and a red barn cat.

Witnesses of this union say that this is not surprising, and most have already become accustomed to this friendship. The friendship between these animals has lasted for many years. A handsome red-haired yard guy comes to the roe deer's enclosure every day, and she expects him and runs to him as soon as he crosses the border of the enclosure fence. This couple can lie on the grass for hours, bask in the hot sun, and rub their faces against each other.

6) Owl and dog

Owl and dog

Six-month-old dog Tok struck up a friendship with an owlet in just 3 days. This happened at an animal center when an owlet was taken from his mother for the owlet's own good. As a result, the dog adopted this owlet, who was later named Shrek. Now Tok protects this little owlet as if he were his own daughter. The current watches Shrek the owl as the couple walks around the house of hunter John Pickton, and in the evening they often sit on the sofa, curled up, watching TV.

7) Friendship between a little roe deer and a rabbit

Little roe deer and rabbit

One dark night, American Svetlana Harper, driving home, saw a trembling fawn on the side of the highway, and a dead female deer was lying next to it. Svetlana brought the fawn home, and when she came out she gave it the name Bambi. This fawn has just turned one year old, and just like in the old classic Walt Disney story from 1942, this fawn has lost its mother. When the fawn recovered, Harper began to gradually introduce the fawn to other animals, and the fawn immediately took a liking to the rabbit that lived with Harper, whose name was Ben. Since then, the animals have not separated and have been true friends.

8) Polar bear and huskies

Polar bear and huskies

Here's another unusual case from photographer Norbert Rosing, who photographed the beauty of northern Canada. Was very scared when he saw polar bear. The photographer decided that the end had come for the huskies who were carrying him, but what was his surprise when the bear poked his nose at one of the dogs, and she, in response, licked the bear’s muzzle. After which the bear and dogs began to play touchingly and cheerfully.

9) Striped piglets and their striped foster mother

Piglets and tigress

The Tiger Zoo in Thailand is popular for its unusual entertainment, however, the most popular spectacle is the union of pigs and tigers. This union includes a Bengal tiger, which raises 6 piglets dressed in tiger skins as their babies, but animal experts are sure that these skins are not at all necessary in this case and represent only part of the show. In the opposite part of the zoo, a pig is nursing tiger cubs. This zoo uses pig's milk to help tigers grow up faster. Although similar situation is not at all harmful to animals, but still the World Organization for Animal Rights investigated this situation and accused the zoo of mistreating animals and illegally feeding tigers.

10) Cat and dolphins

Cat and dolphins

One day, a cat named Arthur met dolphins at a water park in the city of Islamorada, USA, but no one could predict the consequences of this unusual meeting, that the dolphins and the cat would get along so well. These friendly dolphins, whose names were Thunder and Sil, really liked their feline friend, and these animals exchanged mutual touches with great pleasure.

11) Hippo and turtle

Hippopotamus and turtle

And here’s another story: in 2004, a tsunami swept a family of African hippos into the open sea, and after that only a baby was found, which was thrown onto a reef. A volunteer named Owen rescued this hippo, who was named after the savior. But Owen was confused and scared, and when he was released in the reserve, the baby immediately ran to the 130-year-old turtle, whose name was Mzee, behind which he hid. Soon the animals became inseparable friends. Currently, Mzee and Owen spend most of their time together, snuggling, eating and napping. The hippo even pushes the turtle when it wants to move.

12) Cat and Shepherd

Cat and Shepherd

When a kitten's mother was hit by a car in Turkey, a shepherd named Cotton adopted the little kitten. The dog and cat play together everywhere, also eat from the same plate, and when it gets cold, Cotton allows the cat to climb on his back to take a nap. The dog's owner says that this dog is so devoted to the cat that he doesn't even allow his owner to see the cat.

13) Lion, bear and tiger - an invincible company!

Lion, bear and tiger

A lion named Leo and a bear named Baloo, the tiger Shere Khan were discovered during a police raid on the home of a drug lord in Atlanta, when these animals were discovered, they behaved in a friendly manner. When these three animals were placed in the zoo, the zookeepers decided to leave these animals together; they still live and play in their own enclosure. Now visitors to this zoo can watch how a bear weighing 500 kg, a lion and a tiger weighing 175 kg each cuddle, fight and bask while these animals, according to the zookeepers, do not pay any attention to the fact that in nature these animals do not so friendly.

14) Raising wild animals

Labrador Lisha

Labrador Lisha from South Africa is known throughout the world for her mothering abilities, even though she has never had puppies of her own. But Leesha became an excellent mother to a variety of cubs that were abandoned by their wild parents, including, cheetah, tiger, wild boar, porcupine, pygmy hippopotamus, weasel and barn owl. Reserve manager Rob Hall says Lisha domesticates animals and acts as a bridge between the wild world and people. Animals easily get used to Lisha; seeing that she trusts a person, she also begins to feel much calmer towards a person.

15) Raven and kitten

Raven and cat

One day, a kitten appeared in the yard of an elderly Massachusetts couple, but the Collito couple soon realized that they did not need to worry about the stray cat, whom the couple named Cassie. The Kallito couple watched in amazement as the raven began to show concern for this kitten; he fed the baby worms and beetles, and in addition, he protected him from the dangerous street. The Collitos spent several years filming the unique relationship between Moses the raven and Cassie the cat. As a result, after Cassie the cat began to sleep in the house at night, Moses the raven still did not leave her and waited for her at the door of the house every morning, and Cassie ran outside to the raven every morning in order to play and fight with her friend .

16) Friendship that saves an entire species

Cheetah and Antolian Shepherd

Here's another one unusual story. Cheetah Sahara and Anatolian shepherd Alexa grew up together at the Cincinnati Zoo, USA, after which they naturally became very close friends, proving by their example that dogs and cats can actually get along very well. This couple is participating in a cat conservation program. This program is run at their zoo with the assistance of the Cheetah Foundation, which aims to protect cheetahs, which are currently on the verge of extinction. In a similar program, farmers in South Africa and Namibia are interested in how to use dogs of this species to protect livestock from cheetahs without killing the cats. Now our heroes are 10 years old.

17) A friend in need

Albert the ram and the baby elephant

Once, in the African reserve Shamwari, an elephant died and left the very young elephant calf Temba alone. The veterinarians of this reserve hoped that another elephant would adopt the poor orphan, but not a single elephant took up feeding this elephant calf. Then veterinarians took care of the baby elephant, they constantly watched and cared for him, but Temba was very depressed and did not accept food from people. Fearing for the life of this baby elephant, the doctors decided to introduce the baby elephant to the ram Albert, who lived in a nearby village, hoping that the baby elephant and the ram would become friends. And although there was initially some tension in their relationship, the animals soon became inseparable, and soon after that the elephant calf Temba began to eat.