Written by National Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland, Unlikely Friendships documents one heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with nothing else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. A cat and a bird. A mare and a fawn. An elephant and a sheep. A snake and a hamster. The well-documented stories of Koko the gorilla and All Ball the kitten; and the hippo Owen and the tortoise Mzee. And almost inexplicable stories of predators befriending prey-an Indian leopard slips into a village every night to sleep with a calf. A lionness mothers a baby oryx. These are the most amazing friendships between species, collected from around the world and documented in a selection of full-color candid photographs.
I became aware of this book because of Freekibble.com and their reference to this youtube video Crow and Kitten are friends. Which has just became a children's book called Cat and Crow: an amazing friendship.
These kind of stories always make me cry and this was no exception. The photographs are great and show the animals in their natural environments. I'm just a sucker for unlikely friendships.