Friendship Day 2019: These Unusual Animal Friendships Will Put You and Your Best Friend to Shame! (Watch Cute Videos)

Friendships are beautiful and each own has a special feeling with their closest pals around. You cannot always put it in words how you feel when you are with your friends, but the realisation of having a set of friends at all times is priceless. To honour the very same bond, Friendship's Day is marked each year. Friends meet, tie a friendship band, sometimes exchange gifts and express gratitude for the years of friendship they have shared. This year, Friendship Day will be celebrated on August 4. While you too have your best friend to bond with, today we look beyond friendships among humans. As a human we all have a tendency to make friends in our social settings, but did you know some animals too sense the exact care and friendship towards others? Ahead of this Friendship Day 2019, let us look at some of the most unusual animal friendships.

Pet owners would vouch for the fact that their pets are just like their best friends. But we are talking about unusual animal friendships, which go beyond one particular species. While dogs and cats are often pitted as enemies, there have been numerous examples of these animals living together. But would you imagine, a cow getting along with a turtle, or a dog that waits at the coast for a dolphin to show up and in some cases predators and prey becoming friends? Yes, they exist. Let us look at some examples of most unusual animal friendships in the world.

Inseparable Trio- Tiger, Lion and Bear

A tiger and a lion if they come across a bear, they are most likely to fight over whose prey its going to be. But in in Georgia's Noah's Ark Sanctuary, these three animals are inseparable friends! All three of them were discovered after a drug raid in a basement. They were suffering from parasitic diseases due to abuse and the recovery got them closer to each other. They bonded from their early years and now have grown to be inseparable. They are also kept in close captivity of each other and seen playing together everyday a few hours.

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Dog That Enjoys Swimming With His Dolphin Friend

In Ireland, Tory Island, a dog named Ben has found his best friend in the coastal waters, a dolphin! The friendship between this Labrador and the dolphin is the highlight for the locals here. The dolphin has been named Duggie and each day Ben enters the waters so he can swim with his aquatic mate. Duggie enjoys Ben's company so much, that when other pods of dolphins pass by, he doesn't even join them. Blind 11-Year-Old Golden Retriever’s Friendship With His 4-Month-Old Seeing Eye Dog Is All Things Cute (See Pictures).

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The Chimp Who Adopted Tiger Cubs

The motherly instinct of this chimpanzee has been lauded for years and even a book has been written on it. A chimpanzee named Anjana adopted two white tiger cubs who were separated from their mother after a hurricane. Anjana gave all the love she got from her human to these little tiger cubs at The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS) in South Carolina. Anjana looked after the two cubs like her own kids and helped her human mother in raising them.

Giraffe and Ostrich are BFFs

At Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay, an unlikely friendship was seen between an ostrich and a giraffe. 3-year-old giraffe named Bea and Wilma, a 10-year-old ostrich became the best of friends in this sprawling exhibit, which otherwise sees animals hanging in their own lot. But Bea and Wilma had an interaction and they don't shy away from licking and expressing love. Golden Labrador Adopts Nine Orphaned Ducklings; Twitter is Flooded with Pictures of the Cutest Bond!

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Cow and a Tortoise Friends!

At the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre in Thailand, a recovering cow named Simon found a good friend with a hard shell, literally. Simon became close friends with a resident tortoise named Leonardo. Simon was to join an enclosure with other cows but after finding a friend in Leo, the two live together.

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The above examples are a good enough proof that animals have no boundaries when it comes to being friends, if they decide on living together. Often in a wild space, all of these animal friendships may not be seen but nevertheless that some of them have got along so well is only heartening to see.

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