February 27, 2007...11:31 pm
Baby Orangutan & Tiger are the best of friends
Captivity does strange things to animals, but what’s happening at Taman Safari animal hospital in Java, Indonesia is outright remarkable!
They have four babies in their care who normally wouldn’t get along. From the Daily Mail article, “The deadly enemies who are the best of friends,”
“Two Sumatran tiger cubs and two baby orang-utans, each pair abandoned by their mother soon after birth, have become inseparable playmates in the nursery room…
Nia and Irma happily snuggle up to the cubs in a way that five-month-old orang-utan sisters would never normally contemplate.”
In the wild, both species are endangered and Sumatran tigers, “might normally regard a baby orang-utan as a snack.”
And now for the adorable photos:
P.S. Many thanks to Neatorama, for posting this!
13 Comments
March 2, 2007 at 8:42 am
A touching story!!! Futher proof that companionship, touch, and establishing bonds early in life are crucial to development, both in humans and animals.
March 2, 2007 at 9:33 am
[...] take a look at this. its quite cute. [...]
March 2, 2007 at 5:00 pm
The tiger is amazing
March 6, 2007 at 12:00 pm
How CUTE! I never thought they would fight, but i guess not! You should post more pics.
April 23, 2007 at 2:24 pm
this looks like me and my boyfriend we like to snuggle also. it makes me happy as it shows that there is atleast one thing good in the world. xxxx
May 11, 2007 at 10:18 am
[...] Jump to Comments One of our more popular posts of all time has been the photos of the tiger and orangutan friendships I shared with you several months [...]
September 13, 2007 at 9:37 am
Baby Macaque and White Pigeon make friends
With all the depressing news of gorillas being slaughtered and primates being brought closer to extinction, I wanted to share this photograph of an abandoned baby macaque was taken in by an animal hospital in Goangdong Province, China. He was very lone…
November 26, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Esto nos enseña que el cariño atraviesa cualquier barrera, y siendo que los seres humanos tenemos la capacidad de razonar y aún no recapacitamos. Guardemos la esperanza que algún día será.
November 26, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Roddy, Sí, sí.
January 18, 2008 at 6:16 am
well i think thats cool how animals can get a long and love each other like we should
February 1, 2008 at 1:00 pm
It’s cute now, but it’ll be heart-breaking when they get too big & strong to play with each other any more!
Liv
April 22, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!! It melts my heart!!
May 5, 2008 at 8:22 am
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh it’s soooooo adorable I cant believe it’s true I am seriosly gonna tell my boyfriend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love u all!
Gemmzi wemzi
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