Odd animal couples

On the heartwarming scale this rates as a positive scorcher. A forlorn tigress, heartbroken because her own cubs have died, is fooled into adopting a litter of piglets when zoo officials in California wrap them in tiger skins. Unfortunately, there was a twist in the tiger's tale. Though the pictures have not been faked, an animal welfare pressure group investigated and discovered they were actually taken at a zoo in Thailand.

The Slovenian Logar family were surprised when a brown bear cub walked into their yard and made friends with their dog Podvrh. They've named him Medo, and want to keep him, though veterinarians think it would be better to reintegrate him into the wild.

These guys have been friends their whole life -- one year! Let's toast to Kasi and Mtani having many more beautiful years together.

Nothing makes me go dawwww more than a friendship between two adorable animals from different species. (via The Uniblog) [Ed. Note: The orangutan leashing the dog looks so pleased with himself.]

If these unlikely interspecies buddies can make it work, there's hope for us all.

If these unlikely interspecies buddies can make it work, there's hope for us all.

“@compassiom @fadiofetsh @sultaneyes338 @abutamer64 @George67791229 Cute”

The monkey got on the front paws on the head of a goat during a speech at a temple in honor of Chinese New Year in Beijing.