The animal world is full of amazing stories which can amaze and touch you. Perhaps the most heartwarming of these are the many stories of unlikely animal friendships – friendships which transcend the boundaries of an individual species. Here is a collection of some of the most amazing, touching, and downright weird interspecies friendships:

Chino and Falstaff:

Everday Chino the golden retriever goes out to the garden pond at his home in Oregon, and Falstaff the Koi Carp comes to greet him. Source: Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom

 The Monkey and the Stray Cat:

The photographer Romain Mattei snapped this picture of a monkey providing a vital personal service to a stray cat on the streets of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. He is looking for fleas – a service which monkeys usually only provide to each other and which is a major part of the way that they bond with eachother. Source: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.277310672358328.61328.171166856306044&type=3

The Regular Visitor

Berlin Zoo’s most regular visitor over the last 10 years has been this black cat, thought to be a stray, who comes most days to visit her best friend – the zoo’s oldest Adriatic Black Bear. Source: Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom

Kasi and Mtani:

This unlikely pair of best friends – a cheetah and a dog – can be found at the Cheetah Run in Busch Gardens Tampa. They are said to be virtually inseperable. Source: Funny Wildlife Albums

The Elephant and the Sheep

This baby elephant lost its mommy and ending up living at the Shamwari Rehabilitation Centre in South Africa, where it became best buddies with a sheep. Source: Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom

Fran and the Duckling

When a tiny little duckling escaped from his enclosure at the Bronx Zoo he ended up making a very unlikley friend – a large gorilla called Fran. Soure: Funny Wildlife Albums

Suzie and Tabitha

Tabithathe piglet was found by the side of the road by Susie the boxer dog’s owner Wendy Valentine, and the pair have been inseperable ever since. Wendy believes that the piglet must have escaped from a nearby slaughterhouse. Source: Funny Wildlife Photos

The Monkey and the Pigeon:

When an orphaned rhesus monkey was taken into the protection of staff at the Neilingding Island-Futian National Nature Reserve in China he ended up developing a special bond with this pigeon, who the staff believe had started hanging around their compound after losing its mate. Source: Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom

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