Odd Animal BFFs

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A young elk rescued from a flooding river by a farmer in Inje, Gangwon Province, South Korea. It was adopted by a female dog that breastfeeds and guards him

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Eight-month-old orphan elephant Themba, whose name means hope in Xhosa, who has struck up a friendship with a sheep called Albert at the Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa

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Bella the foxhound and Maggie the fox have become firm friends at an animal sanctuary in Essex

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Bea, a three-year-old giraffe, and Wilma, an ostrich, have become the best of friends at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Florida

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A lewd lemur sticks his tongue out at a parrot in Hamburg, Germany

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

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Paloma the pot-bellied pig lives together with owner Mico and her Jack Russell Terrier Dog Flippo

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A tiger cub and a pig snooze together, at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, in Thailand

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Anjana, a two-and-a-half year-old chimpanzee, looks after his new best friend, a 21 day old white tiger cub, at T.I.G.E.R.S (The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species), in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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Suryia the Orangutan and Roscoe the Blue Tick Hound are best of friends at the T.I.G.E.R.S sanctuary in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

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Usually prey for these tawny owl chicks, this thrush has been accepted as their pal

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Tinkabelle the sheep stands with her two dog friends. Tinkabelle apparently believes she is a dog after being lovingly nurtured by a pet labrador