Dog And Deer: Best Friends Forever

Every now and then, an e-mail lands in my inbox w/ attached video that makes me smile.
Such was the case yesterday—and I’d like to share it with you.

I love critters—and though we humans have our own ideas of how animals behave, videos like the one below force us to rethink our assumptions. Patterns of behavior that we attribute to certain kinds of animals are turned upside down when we see a real-life example that deviates from the norm.

Nobody (other than militant cat lovers) will deny that dogs are amazing. Deer, on the other hand—are skittish, antisocial to other animals and humans—and generally not thought of as engaging.

But, if you subscribe to the notion that animals each have definitively unique personalities, as do I, there exists the possibility that encounters depicted in this video could really happen.

They do.

A dog whose best friend is a deer.
Different worlds.
Different threats and species expectations.

And yet, given the opportunity, the following can happen:




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xU5h1paYQ0

Friendship knows no boundaries. Just as human beings can and do form very strong bonds with animals—their pets----it is also true that friendships are forged among different types of animals as well. It gives me hope that human beings can one day learn to live with other humans whose culture, background, race, gender and nationality or religion can find out that friendship rises above all differences.

I find it all so reassuring—and magical, in fact. Hope you do too.

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