Best Of Friends - Part 6

Here's another amazing love story, straight out of Harry Potter! :) 

The cat's name is Fum, and the owl is, no, not Hedwig, but Gebra.  They've both known each other since they were a month old, and this is them, a year later...

Best Of Friends - Part 5

For some reason, the following story reminds me of a French children's song that I love...   

I've come to save you. Quick! Follow me...

...La petite biche est aux abois,

Dans les bois se cache le loup!

The two ran so fast and for so long, the wolf never
caught up to them.  But they had to take a bath...

Ouh! Ouh! Ouh! Ouh!

Mais le brave lapin est passe.

Il aida la biche a se sauver!

Eh, eh, eh, eh...

...before they could enjoy the sun set together.

Yes, I know, I took a few liberties with this one and changed the last two verses, but when you see these two love-birds, I'm sure you understand...

Ze End.

Best Of Friends - Part 4

I know, I know, it's been a while since I've posted one of these "Best Of Friends" stories, but here's another for you!
I know, I just can't get enough of them :)

 This one's about a chimpanzee, Anjan.  Once again, mother nature showed its cruel side by rendering two white tiger cubs orphan.

But super chimp Anjan came to the rescue!  Anjan's now raising the cubs, with the help of some rangers.  He plays with them, consoles them, and even helps feed them with a bottle!

On a side note, Anjan's quite a practice nanny.  He's already raised lion cubs as well as leopard cubs!

Best Of Friends - Part 3

Tsunamis and hurricanes are devastating forces of nature.  Often, though, we don't hear the rest of the animal kingdom's side of the story, which often doesn't have a happy ending...  Except perhaps with this baby hippopotamus.

Owen, less than a year old, managed to survive a Christmas tsunami on the Kenyan coast, but his mother did not.








However, he found an adoptive parent in a centennial tortoise in the Lafarge park of Mombasa. 








Doesn't matter that the tortoise is a male, they still eat, swim and sleep together.





 





But don't come too close to this happy pair, for Owen's quite protective and will try to bite you.  And don't let his young age fool you.  Even a baby hippo weighs more than 300 kilograms!

Best Of Friends - Part 2

On to another amazing story (for more of the same kind, you can visit the ducks, or even zombie cat & doe).










This one's about an orphan orangutan, Roscoe, three years of age, who lives in a zoo in northern California.  He was so depressed from having lost his family, that he wouldn't eat or do anything at all.  The vets were sure he was going to die...












When an old dog was rescued near the zoo and, in the operations room, the two bonded.  Since then, they've become inseparable.

They even swim together (though Roscoe is somewhat suspicious of the water)...













...and take walks together.

They truly are bosom buddies!

Best Of Friends - Part 1

Not that I want to dedicate my whole blog to these types of stories, but they're so heartwarming, I actually find them quite inspirational.  Hence, here's another lovely tale.

Rawr, I'm a Lion!

In Harrisburg, PA, a doe's taken a fancy to a tabby and every morning she comes to pay a visit...

Well, I'm a zombie! Beat that!

Ha! Wanna see a real zombie?

But in the end, they still love each other :)