Interspecies loveblogging:
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CISARUA, INDONESIA - Dema (male) the 26-day-old endangered Sumatran Tiger cub cuddles up to 5-month-old female Orangutan, Irma at the 'Taman Safari Indonesia' Animal Hospital, on February 26, 2007 in Cisarua, Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia. Irma and another orangutan have been rejected by their mothers while two Sumatran tiger-cubs (including Dema) also born in the hospital, have also been rejected by their mother Cicis and are being looked after by staff at the Animal Hospital.
(I had to blow up the thumbnail version of this photo, which is why it's rather grainy. The site at which I found the pic is having bad linky issues.)
UPDATE: Ah. Here.
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Babies.... Puir little ones, taking care of each other.
Posted by: GWPDA | February 26, 2007 at 02:08 PM
Someday, the Chimps will show them another way.
Posted by: scoopernicus | February 26, 2007 at 02:51 PM
Ahh if these cuties can get along...........
so should Dependable Renegade and Chimpy McSmirk
Posted by: Lib4 | February 26, 2007 at 03:58 PM
Ohhh, that is so cute. And so sad. Why did their mothers reject them? And will zoo handlers have the sense to separate them before the tiger figures out how tasty an orangutan is?
Posted by: lowly grunt | February 26, 2007 at 04:45 PM
animals never cease to amaze me..i love the rescue work i do,they deserve ALL OUR HELP
Posted by: sittenpretty,MCI SUCKS! | February 26, 2007 at 04:57 PM
Ahh if these cuties can get along...........
so should Dependable Renegade and Chimpy McSmirk
NAH! GAH! HAPPEN!
Posted by: watertiger | February 26, 2007 at 05:07 PM
MONKEYS! (I guess the tiger is Ok too)
Posted by: pidomon | February 26, 2007 at 05:55 PM
The recent zoo killing of an employee by a big cat. After the employee was killed by the cat, zoo people killed the cat.
I just do not know why the cat was killed. The cat forgot for a second all he had been told and remembered her (his?) identity and that , lo and behold, she was a cat. Dogs who kill people and live in loose and non-consistent environs need to be killed but these cats, already living in a prison, are not free to roam and kill again. Does anyone know of the valid reasons why these creatures are destroyed?
Posted by: sightunseen | February 26, 2007 at 06:52 PM
I love these lessons of how we could get along if we wanted to. Here are some links to other astonishing duos....
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070216/ids_photos_wl/r2526861532.jpg
http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2007/01/real-life-bambi-thumper.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070215/ap_on_fe_st/puppy_love_5
Posted by: lady of the lake | February 26, 2007 at 07:42 PM
sightunseen
i wondered the same thing...they are WILD ANIMALS with instincts damn
Posted by: sittenpretty,MCI SUCKS! | February 26, 2007 at 09:47 PM
Sightunseen --
I agree with you, but in this case (from what I read), the jaguar was apparently moving on the persons who were attempting to save the victim. The whole thing is just so sad.
Posted by: CatStaff | February 26, 2007 at 11:38 PM
Here is a link to another beautiful story:
http://www.lafargeecosystems.com/main/blog.php
It follows Owen, a hippo who survived the 2005 tsunami, and a tortoise named Mzee who is his best friend. They still live together!
Posted by: Juliette | February 27, 2007 at 10:44 AM
SSSSSSSSssoooooooooooo ccccccccccuuuuuuuuuttttttteeee.... only love and affection is reflected from this picture...really like it..
Posted by: Neet Neet | February 27, 2007 at 02:13 PM
We all need touching. With more caresses and fewer bars, there might be fewer incidents of aggression, too.
Posted by: hauksdottir | February 27, 2007 at 03:25 PM
that is one cute pic.
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