Baby animals should always be surrounded by love, warmth, and care. The habit of animals adopting animals is a built-in nature in the animal kingdom. Those creatures instinctively know this and they prove it by their own example. Here are the list of unbelievable animals adopting other animal species.
1. Dog adopts baby monkey
Monkeys and dogs are completely different species. So it's not natural for a monkey to call a dog “mommy”. But one pooch has adopted an abandoned baby monkey in Central India and is raising it as her own. The pair have become inseparable, according to residents of a village near Seoni Malwa. The good doggie suckles the baby monkey and lets it ride on her back. This puppy is said to pay more attention to the monkey than to her own puppies. Think that’s a bit off?
2. Monkey adopting a stray puppy
A rhesus macaque monkey adopted an adorable puppy in Rode, India. After watching the monkey defend the little dog from strays, the locals were so impressed that they set out food for the two unlikely buddies. To everyone’s surprise, the caretaker monkey was so compassionate that it even let the cute puppy eat first! People who have seen the two adorable wild animals spoke of their strong mutual affection and described this animal friendship as the most magical thing in the world. Are you thinking what I’m thinking?
6. Mother tiger and piglets
At a zoo in Thailand, a tiger mom lost all her cubs and was so sad that she no longer wanted to eat. Realizing that the animal would die, her caregivers opted to give it baby piggies in disguise. To everyone's surprise, the tiger quickly adopted them! The images in the Facebook post show the bond between the zoo animals at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo. After that, tigers and pigs were trained to live together as part of an experiment to tame the tigers.
7. Cat adopts squirrel
Ruben Gaviria, a resident of Colombia, rescued a wounded squirrel kit and presented it to his cat that was nursing her own kittens at the time. The cat took in the squirrel as one of her thicker-tailed kitten and the nut cracker began to get his strength back. By the way, this is not the first known incident of a cat and a tree-climbing, nut-crazy kit. In another case, a squirrel kit named Rocky was nursed by a cat named Emma. The new mom even taught the young one to purr like a cat. Animal adoption stories can make you go nuts.
15. Gentle giant adopts owl
This story is about animal rescue. Ingo, on the one hand, comes from a family of strong and often ruthless police dogs. But she has become very protective over a one-year-old owlet. Their bond is as strong off-camera as it appears in Tanja’s photographs. They are said to respect each other and can somehow communicate. Even though Ingo is much bigger and stronger, it is clear he would never hurt his big-eyed friend. Their attachment is definitely mutual. They love and care for one another.
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16. Dog and lamb
You may have heard about dogs adopting kittens. But that’s not too weird coz none could eat the other. Right? Well Jess, the English springer spaniel, lives on a 180-acre farm in Devon, England, where she happily helps her owner care for her flock of 270 sheep. She even holds bottles in her mouth to feed four orphaned lambs. Her owner taught her to hold a milk bottle and she did the rest. It’s so cute when she runs across the field gripping the bottle. Jess helps carry other feed and farm equipment and gets rewarded with bleating affection from the sheep. I guess sheep can be warm, and cozy, when you stop seeing them as lamb chops!
18. Cat adopts puppies
From the moment Kathryn was found in an empty rental apartment, the orange tabby has been searching for a family to call her own. Kathryn’s life changed once again when an orphaned litter of puppies arrived at the house. Immediately, the cat developed a bond with the pups - calling out to them whenever they cried for food. She attempted to soothe the puppies by licking them.
20. Pigeon and Chihuahua
Herman the pigeon and Lundy the 8-week-old Chihuahua found themselves on the same dog bed at a New York-based non-profit animal sanctuary. It is dedicated to giving pets with birth defects a fighting chance. These two cute animals seemed to be rather comfortable with the arrangement. Herman is a permanent resident at The Mia Foundation, where Rogers regularly brings the bird outside to take in the great outdoors. It was after one of these outings that Herman met Lundy.
Which adoption stories melted your heart? Do you have a pet animal that adopted another? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.