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The 30 Most Inspiring Interspecies Friendships Of The Year

2012: The year when species, great and small, finally decided that love > hate. May they be an inspiration to us all.

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The 30 Most Inspiring Interspecies Friends...
Summer Anne Burton

30. Once upon a time…

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29. animals thought that they could only be friends with their own species…

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28. that other kinds of animals were there to poke and prod, but never to hug and snuggle…

27. but a few brave animals looked on all other species as their family…

26. and embraced both the feathered and furred and scaled as their own kin…

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25. they were known as the INTERSPECIES FRIENDERS…

24. and although they feared retribution from their species, they snuggled on bravely…

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23. proud to call those different from them friends…

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22. brothers…

21. children…

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20. and true loves…

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19. these animals were blind to prejudice…

18. and recognized that, above all else, cuddling is very nice…

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17. and a family can look like a lot of different things…

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16. soon, everyone came to see the good ways of interspecies friendship…

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15. and it was good…

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14. and it was adorable…

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13. and it was so much more fun this way…

12. and animals helped one another to get around…

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11. to enjoy the sunshine…

10. to rub one another’s faces often…

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9. to make sure that no one went hungry…

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8. even if that meant making room for many more in the family…

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7. animal friends grew up together…

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6. and despite the occasional prickles and pains of making a family…

5. they managed to make room in their hearts…

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4. together forever…

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3. because love is love…

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2. and the best friends are the ones who love you just as you are…

1. even if what you are is a little strange.

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