If Different Species Can Get Along...

"Of course dogs and rabbits may not be too fond of one another in the wild, but tame them under our roofs and they become part of the same pack or colony, so that the mutual warmth they can offer overcomes the natural instincts of predator and prey. If only human adversaries could be as quick to bury the hatchett."

so true, so true. *sigh*
that photo of the dog and the rabbit is awesome.

Its not a turtle its a bloody Tortoise. Jesus, its a different animal!

Nice one, love the photographs. I love animals!

"Another popular pic on the web, here we see what appears to be a baby rat or hamster nestled under the wing of a cockatiel"

I don't want to appear as a know-it-all, but that's no cockatiel. A cockatiel is a small parrot, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatiel , this is a finch of some sort, probably a canary.

Still, awesome pics.

Thats a cool looking dog... Brindle i believe is the color.

Funny i have a dog that looks just like it but it was allergic to cigarette smoke. So i actually bought one of these new Electronic Cigarette

My doggie loves me again lol

Not even close to being a Cockatiel...

Baby rat looks ill.

The picture is cute at first, until you actually look at it.

In most of these cases I feel like they're not really so much friends. I mean, most of them have on animal being ridden or used as a pillow. That one is probably just annoyed but figures it's not worth the effort to shake the other one off.

Religion is the poison that keeps humans from getting along. We could learn a lot from our religious-less animal friends.

The bird in the 2nd picture isn't a cockatiel. I haven't been able to figure out what exactly it IS, I just know it's not a cockatiel.

you want to know why it is that animals get along with each other better than people? because they don't have the issues people have, but try to act like we don't have. not only that, but animals are not responsible for choosing to believe in God, whereas we as God's creations, are responsible for who we say is God. it's not a conflict of the Christian "religion" vs. every other religion out there. it's REALLY that people are convicted by the love of Jesus they feel in those of us who are Christians, and they don't know what to do with that love. this is why people who do not know Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior are so conflicted within themselves. animals aren't the ones we should be praising and worshiping just because they get along so well with each other. they're doing what they do, which is to be who God created them to be. it's that simple.

a cockatiel? are you serious? Not even remotely close.

A couple of years ago I had a (rather obvious) idea to start a blog that just photos like this. I registered the domain Interspecieslove.com, but never got around to launching the thing. Free idea!

that's no cockatiel! it's some sort of passerine

The hippo and turtle picture reminds me of a awesome yet heartbreaking true story. Apparently a baby hippo was separated from his family during a huge storm. When it was rescued and taken to a sanctuary, it bonded with one of the old resident tortoises. They were inseparable. Unfortunately, I think they had to separate them because the baby hippo was growing and it was dangerous for him to keep sleeping on the tortoise and leaning on the tortoise. Anyway, awesome story. They made a childrens book about it with beautiful artwork. Look up the story: Owen and Mzee.

The fish you pictured isn't so much a symbiotic relationship, but the ray is very skilled at locating and disturbing crustaceans and small fish that hide in the sand, the Bar Jack actually follows it around and thanks to being more agile simply steal the food that the ray digs up. Bar Jacks are not (afaik) known to ever clean other species, as this is generally done at cleaning stations by gobies, blennies and some species of shrimp.

I've seen several of the jacks following the rays around while they do all the hard work, the dark colouring is their hunting/mooching tone, usually they are silver with a black stripe running down their tail from mid way up their back.

I observed this behaviour off the island of Andros in the Bahamas, and would imagine that similar could be seen wherever both species are found.

Awwww that's so cute!!!
I found this pic a little while ago... it's so so cute!
the picture of the dog and cat..
http://www.photoartgallery.com/artist/artisttobe

that's not a cleaner fish, actually ..so who knows what it's doing

unfortunately the monkey and dog one is a little off, I really cringe at that photo. In certain places, they make monkeys like cappuchin (sp?) ride on the backs of dogs purely as entertainment for tourists.

The treatment of both animals is shoddy and vile at best.

@Alfred: Nope, they really are friends. If anything, the dog gets annoyed more often by the rabbit's constant need for cuddling. Check out this pic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daan_franken/2603508815/in/photostream/
Wait, that one might be another case of the rabbit serving as a pillow

Also, the dog and bunny are pleased that you used their pic. I came to the story from Digg and was surprised to see my dog and bunny!
As an afterthought: maybe next time leave a comment on Flickr so I don't have to stumble upon them by accident :)

The dog with the monkey is very emaciated. >:( The guy who took it should have been feeding the dog instead.

Perfect photos with animals! In my opinion the best picture: bird with mouse. They are rely friends!

Commenting on "take you under my wing," Brit Says:
"Baby rat looks ill. The picture is cute at first, until you actually look at it." I had an averse intuitive reaction to the photo also, and finally decided the bird and rodent were dead, stuffed, and posed!

my kitten was cuddling with my pet squirral it was soo cute.

That isnt a cockatiel, the beak is wrong, and there is no crest. Looks more like a canary or a finch, possibly a parrotlette

Interesting Article :p .. and touchy :)