Tiny Owl Adopts Belgian Shepherd, and Now They're The Best Of Friends! (Photos)
Tiny Owl Adopts Belgian Shepherd, And Now They’re The Best Of Friends! [Photos]
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Posted on August 14, 2016
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For years, photographer Tanja Brandt has made it her mission to capture magnificent photos of animals and wildlife. Recently, the German artist found a new challenge when she photographed the unique bond between two unlikely friends: Ingo, a Belgian shepherd, and Poldi (Napoleon), a one-year-old owlet.
WhiteWolfPack relays that the owlet and canine have a special “protector-protected” relationship and that their affection towards each other couldn’t be any more evident. Ingo lovingly guards Poldi, who apparently “doesn’t know how to live free.”
The owlet hatched two days after his six brothers and sisters, therefore, has always been very vulnerable due to his small size. Comparatively, Ingo was raised to by a family of strong, and oftentimes ruthless, police dogs.
“They respect each other and they can read each other,” says the photographer.
When unique relationships form between animals of different species, it’s almost natural to celebrate their friendship. If animals can overcome prejudices to befriend and love other creatures, what’s stopping mankind from following suit?
Following are some adorable photos of the unlikely best friends:
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A respite from the crap on the front page.
Through fair weather and foul, always friends.
Enjoy
Just too cute. What a unique friendship. I've never seen anything like it.
Thanks for sharing!
Can't get much cuter that this series of photos...
Awesome pictorial and example of what could be,,,sweet as all get-out too! One of these days Humans will understand that our relationships, with each other, with nature, with other species, is ALL that ultimately matter.
And we are supposed to be the intelligent species....Makes you wonder, doesn't it, Larry.
An unusual and moving subject captured by a master photographer!
''An unusual and moving subject captured by a master photographer!''
Exactly Mac.
If anyone would like to but captions to the photos, do it.
This seems to be a bond between 2 "runts" of their respective litters . I wonder how they "found" each other ...
I was wondering the same thing petey. I checked some other links and couldn't find anything about it.
"If animals can overcome prejudices to befriend and love other creatures, what’s stopping mankind from following suit?"
Truer words were never spoken.
Totally agree, Buzz.
"Fake" or not, the editing that was required to create such a convincing amalgamation, in-and-of-itself is a triumph of art and skill.
Assuming the images are properly licensed, they are beautiful in aesthetics and concept.
I think that this clears it up, Mac.
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