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.

Summer Anne Burton 5 months ago 619 responses

Wild Cat And Fox Are Best Friends

…or are they? JK, they totally are.

Summer Anne Burton 6 months ago 509 responses

Cat And Guinea Pig BFFs

We take a very short break from our continuing hedgehog coverage to bring you this cat and guinea pig who are best friends. They are called Skitty and Bagel, and they love each other very much. (via lovemeow.com) (via lovemeow.com)

Jack Shepherd 8 months ago 120 responses

Just A Dog Hugging A Goat

Who are you to judge their love?

Julian Shenoy 8 months ago 37 responses

A Horse And A Dog K-I-S-S-I-N-G

True love transcends species.

Petsami 8 months ago 33 responses

10 Unlikely Animal Odd Couples

Just going to show that true love never discriminates.

Alltime10s 9 months ago 37 responses

Orange Kitten In Love With A Tubby Puppy

This is obviously a video transmisson from heaven, right?

Summer Anne Burton 10 months ago 178 responses

Dalmatian Dog Adopts An Adorable Spotted Lamb

John and Julie Bolton’s black and white spotted lamb was orphaned, but luckily their dalmation was feeling generous. “It doesn’t matter how old you get — if this sort of thing doesn’t make you feel good when you see it, well, I hope never to get that old.” Indeed.

Summer Anne Burton 10 months ago 141 responses

This Baby Squirrel Really Likes Hanging Out With This Kitten

A Reddit user posted these pictures and wrote “this little squirrel keeps coming in through the doggy door to hang out with my cat.” Ahhhhh!

Summer Anne Burton 10 months ago 266 responses

A Baby Rhesus Monkey And His Tiger Cub Friend

Zoo babies turning the cute scale up to 11. Can’t even handle this.

Summer Anne Burton 10 months ago 70 responses

20 Animal Couples Making Out On The Kiss Cam

These critters aren’t as easily embarrassed as the Obamas — as soon as the Kiss Cam cameras rolled their way, they went to town. Beware: public displays of adorable-ness!

Summer Anne Burton 10 months ago 35 responses

Baby Chimp Adopted By Dog

A zoo employee cared for this baby chimp after its mother died, but never expected that her dog would end up raising the chimp as one of her own. No word yet on whether it has been taught to bark!

Whovian 11 months ago 318 responses

The Humpy Awards, A Dog Humping Competition

This is certainly a different kind of agility competition.

franklygail 11 months ago 74 responses

Dolphin Kisses Dog And Jumps For Joy

When a dolphin loves a dog, he can do no wrong.

1world1ocean 11 months ago 144 responses

Lion Cub Is Best Friends With Dog And Rabbit

Simba the lion cub, Monty the dog and Thumper the rabbit are best playmates.

uZoo 11 months ago 107 responses

Rescue Cat Infatuated With Dog

I wish that cats and dogs spoke English so I could be like, “Get a room, you perverts.” (More on these guys and their adventures in PDA here.)

Jack Shepherd a year ago 262 responses

Cat And Dog Best Friends

The thing that is important to note about these guys is that they are each others’ best friends in the whole wide world. Which is cute. Their names are Murkin and Ginger. (Tangential PSA: Feel free to Google image “Murkin,” but don’t Google image “Merkin.”)

Jack Shepherd a year ago 60 responses

Dog Befriends Rescued Piglet

Another day, another heartwarming story about a dog who uses the power of love to save the life of a piglet destined for the slaughterhouse. (via myfoxboston.com)

Jack Shepherd a year ago 122 responses

The Animal Matrix on pbump.net ›

A glorious video matrix by Philip Bump depicting every interspecies relationship that YouTube has to offer. Click through and lose yourself in a world where the dolphin lies down with the horse. And a little goat shall lead them all.

Jack Shepherd a year ago respond

Rottweiler Love

Cows are obviously good judges of character. Rotties have a bad reputation, but it’s really uncalled for.

mustajaba a year ago 70 responses

Rio And The River Otter

From the YouTube description: “Every evening a river otter comes to play with our daughter’s dog Rio. What was once an acquaintance on the other side of the fence has now become a friend who comes to play through the fence. It has been interesting to watch as their trust of each other has developed over the past several months.”

Perez a year ago 114 responses

Parrot Mistakes Kitten For Horse

That’s one determined parrot and one bewildered kitty.

rainbowcrab a year ago 82 responses

Puppies Vs. Ducklings

Adorable Australian shepherd puppies hone their herding skills on some stubborn ducklings. Squee factor is fairly high on this one, so be careful.

rainbowcrab a year ago 86 responses

Kitten Plays With St. Bernard

OMG! Everyone go “Awww”!

BookFaked a year ago 143 responses

Chick On A Cat Part 2!

This bold baby chick is using Oscar the Cat as a hot water bottle! Part 1 of their unlikely friendship here.

jackgbennet a year ago 45 responses

Camouflaged Chick

There is a baby chicken in this picture. He’s a day old, and when he escaped, I feared the worst once I saw the cat was in the same room. But this ended up working itself out just fine.

jackgbennet a year ago 88 responses

Dolphins And Whales Caught Playing Together on treehugger.com ›

Their’s is a forbidden love. For the first time ever, bottlenose dolphins and humpback whales were photographed engaging in play off the coast of Hawaii.

treehugger.com a year ago 6 responses

A Bear Cub Playing With A Dog

This bear cub wandered into a Slovenian farm and befriended Aijka the dog. Best buds instantly.

TxBlackLabel a year ago 32 responses

The Cutest Cuddle Puddle You’ll See Today

I don’t know about you guys, but my stress level just dropped by about 20%.

Cates Holderness a year ago 149 responses