It is exactly like Isaiah 11:6: “The wolf also shall
dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the
kid . . . ”
Written by National Geographic magazine writer
Jennifer Holland, Unlikely Friendships documents one
heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with nothing
else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. A cat and
a bird. A mare and a fawn. An elephant and a sheep. A snake
and a hamster. The well-documented stories of Koko the
gorilla and All Ball the kitten; and the hippo Owen and the
tortoise Mzee. And almost inexplicable stories of predators
befriending prey—an Indian leopard slips into a village
every night to sleep with a calf. A lionness mothers a baby
oryx. Ms. Holland narrates the details and arc of each
story, and also offers insights into why—how the young
leopard, probably motherless, sought maternal comfort with
the calf, and how a baby oryx inspired the same mothering
instinct in the lionness.
Or, in the story of Kizzy, a nervous retired Greyhound, and
Murphy, a red tabby, how cats and dogs actually understand
each other’s body language. With Murphy’s friendship and
support, Kizzy recovered from life as a racing dog and
became a confident, loyal family pet.
These are the
most amazing friendships between species, collected from
around the world and documented in a selection of full-color
candid photographs.
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