The Institute for Interspecies Friendships
Thanks Kat!!

Thanks Kat!!

Posted 10/10/2011
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Tel Aviv Zoo. Crocodiles and turtle in tank American Colony (Jerusalem) Photo Department c1934-1939

Tel Aviv Zoo. Crocodiles and turtle in tank

American Colony (Jerusalem) Photo Department

c1934-1939

Posted 10/7/2011
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Tags: crocodiles, turtles, friendship in the middle east, .
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http://www.petsugar.com/Dog-Nurses-Bunnies-Health-1690324

Happy Birthday to a champion of Science, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, and the Institute!

Posted 9/30/2011
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Tags: dogs, bunnies, birthdays, parenting, .
  Title: The band—“Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast” Creator(s): Haines, E. S. M. (Eugene S. M.), photographer Date Created/Published: c1870.

 

  • Title: The band—“Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast”
  • Creator(s): Haines, E. S. M. (Eugene S. M.), photographer
  • Date Created/Published: c1870.
Posted 9/29/2011
Tags: monkeys, bears, probably not actually friends, .
The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox (1848).  An early example of the many benefits of interspecies friendship.

The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox (1848).  An early example of the many benefits of interspecies friendship.

Posted 9/27/2011
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Tags: lions, bears, foxes, cautionary tales, .
“Good Friends” 1893

“Good Friends”

1893

Posted 9/25/2011
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Tags: Lion, Dog, Victorian, .
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An orphaned baby elephant and a sheep named Albert are best friends.

An orphaned baby elephant and a sheep named Albert are best friends.

Posted 9/23/2011
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Badger + Otter = Best of Friends

Posted 9/23/2011
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Tags: Badger, Otter, Things that should be, .
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“Camel giving a crow a ride.  Bird picking grubs and vermin from his benefactor.”  Jordan, ca. 1934.  From the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, aka The Giant Searchable Index of Awesome Old Pictures. 

“Camel giving a crow a ride.  Bird picking grubs and vermin from his benefactor.”  Jordan, ca. 1934. 

From the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, aka The Giant Searchable Index of Awesome Old Pictures. 

Posted 9/22/2011
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Tags: camels, crows, symbiosis, .
From the book “Unlikely Friendships” by Jennifer Holland.  Buy it for me here.

From the book “Unlikely Friendships” by Jennifer Holland.  Buy it for me here.

Posted 9/22/2011
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Tags: kittens, iguanas, things you should buy me, .