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40 Animal Buddies Proving That Anyone Can Be Friends

Published: Feb 6, 2022 by Melinda Ramirez · This post may contain affiliate links

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Good friends are hard to find but they can make such a huge difference in your life. The same is true for animals. These wholesome animal friendships will melt your heart and even surprise you! So scroll on down to see 40 animal buddies that prove that friendship is not only for people and animals across species can find love and companionship in each other.

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  • 1. Did you ever expect to see a baby hippo friends with an adult tortoise?
  • 2. This sweet pooch is feeding 4 hungry tiger cubs and a puppy. What a wholesome little family!
  • 3. TV time for this sweet pup and his fluffy little owl friend.
  • 4. These canine buds are just taking a walk on the ice.
  • 5. The size difference is shocking but they are best friends!
  • 6. This pup doesn't have to worry about running from this lion.
  • 7. Baby buddies!
  • 8. Who would think a giant buffalo and a little dog would be friends?
  • 9. These best buds even have the same colouring!
  • 10. These little babies playing together is enough to melt the hardest of hearts.
  • 11. These two love spending time together every day.
  • 12. This kind lioness is letting a hungry leopard cub feed from her.
  • 13. Small domestic cat and baby big cat being best friends.
  • 14. This monkey is checking for lice on this parrot. What are best friends for after all?
  • 15. A chick and two pups!
  • 16. This looks like it should be a Pixar movie.
  • 17. These cows and cat love each other.
  • 18. The cutest little sandwich!
  • 19. Taking a little trip with your best friend and enjoying the view.
  • 20. A good boi and a goat boi.
  • 21. Cutest snuggle buddies.
  • 22. Someone needs to remove that wall so these two can hang out properly.
  • 23. What a cute pair of cat and dog friends!
  • 24. This frog and mouse friendship is one I'm sure no one ever expected!
  • 25. Awww what an adorable pair of friends!
  • 26. They seem like the perfect combination: serious and derpy.
  • 27. Another unlikely animal friendship! This time it's a cat and a tortoise.
  • 28. A cat and a deer, who wouldn't want to see this movie?
  • 29. This is probably the cutest little friend group in the world!
  • 30. Who said cats and dogs couldn't be friends?
  • 31. The wholesome friendship between a trashpanda and a good boi.
  • 32. A hug from a friend fixes everything.
  • 33. These two are friendship goals.
  • 34. The cutest little fluffy buddies having a cosy day in.
  • 35. The real life Tom and Jerry actually love each other to bits.
  • 36. They look so happy to be hanging out with each other.
  • 37. Puppy friendships are so pure.
  • 38. Two teeny tiny friends being teeny tiny besties.
  • 39. Size doesn't matter when it comes to friendship.
  • 40. These three look ready for their next nightly shenanigan!

1. Did you ever expect to see a baby hippo friends with an adult tortoise?

baby hippopotamus next to a large tortoise

Via Reuters

2. This sweet pooch is feeding 4 hungry tiger cubs and a puppy. What a wholesome little family!

2 white tiger cubs 2 orange tiger cubs and a black and white puppy drinking milk from a black brown and white dog

Via Reuters

3. TV time for this sweet pup and his fluffy little owl friend.

black and white dog with a grey owl

Via Solent News and Photos

4. These canine buds are just taking a walk on the ice.

black dog with a brown fox

Via Torgeir Berge

5. The size difference is shocking but they are best friends!

black dog with an african elephant

Via Barry Bland

6. This pup doesn't have to worry about running from this lion.

brown dachshund with a lion

Via Barcroft USA

7. Baby buddies!

brown tabby kitten with a black and white puppy

Via Reuters

8. Who would think a giant buffalo and a little dog would be friends?

buffalo laying on the ground with a white dog on the flank

Via Reuters

9. These best buds even have the same colouring!

dalmation playing with a white tiger

Via Reuters

10. These little babies playing together is enough to melt the hardest of hearts.

fluffy black and brown dog with front paws on a lion cub's back with another lion cub behind them

Via Reuters

11. These two love spending time together every day.

giraffe with an ostrich

Via PA

12. This kind lioness is letting a hungry leopard cub feed from her.

leopard cub drinking milk from a lionness

Via Reuters

13. Small domestic cat and baby big cat being best friends.

lion cub nuzzling a brown tabby with another lion cub in the back

Via Reuters

14. This monkey is checking for lice on this parrot. What are best friends for after all?

monkey wearing yellow outfit with a white parrot

Via Reuters

15. A chick and two pups!

white chicken with 2 black and brown puppies

Via Anita Maric

16. This looks like it should be a Pixar movie.

yellow labrador with a yellow duckling on its head

Via SWNS

17. These cows and cat love each other.

2 brown and white cows sniffing black and white cat

Via Reuters

18. The cutest little sandwich!

beagle sleeping cuddled up with an orange kitten and black kitten on either side

Via u/adillon87

19. Taking a little trip with your best friend and enjoying the view.

black and brown dog putting a paw over the shoulder of a brown dog with both sitting on a car seat

Via u/archrival33

20. A good boi and a goat boi.

brown and white dog standing at a glass door next to a brown and white door

Via u/Nukemm33

21. Cutest snuggle buddies.

brown calf laying on its side with a white black and brown australian shepherd laying its head on the calf's stomach

Via u/tofudearest

22. Someone needs to remove that wall so these two can hang out properly.

brown dog and black and white dogs standing on hind legs and touching noses over a wall

Via u/Beetlejuicex3babe

23. What a cute pair of cat and dog friends!

brown dog's face peeking from the side of a wooden fence opposite a fluffy brown tabby cat

Via u/ohhhokthen

24. This frog and mouse friendship is one I'm sure no one ever expected!

brown mouse on a frog in water

Via Reuters

25. Awww what an adorable pair of friends!

brown piglet and brown deer laying together

Via u/Infinity

26. They seem like the perfect combination: serious and derpy.

fluffy brown dog sitting on the road with a german shepherd resting its chin on the head

Via u/TeuPaideJoelhos

27. Another unlikely animal friendship! This time it's a cat and a tortoise.

grey tabby sitting inside a vivarium with a small tortoise climbing its side

Via u/ybroufx

28. A cat and a deer, who wouldn't want to see this movie?

deer laying on the ground resting its chin on the head of a black and white cat

Via Reddit

29. This is probably the cutest little friend group in the world!

lion cub with a baby monkey on its back and 2 tiger cubs next to it on the grass

Via Reuters

30. Who said cats and dogs couldn't be friends?

orange and white cat headbutting a brown and white corgi

Via u/BasedOnAir

31. The wholesome friendship between a trashpanda and a good boi.

raccoon hugging brown and white dog

Via u/CryptoExodus

32. A hug from a friend fixes everything.

tiger cub on top of a brown black and white dog laying on grass

Via Reuters

33. These two are friendship goals.

white cat and brown fox standing together on rocks

Via standstrong

34. The cutest little fluffy buddies having a cosy day in.

2 joeys cuddled in blankets with a grey and white tabby cat

Via u/aimazing-27

35. The real life Tom and Jerry actually love each other to bits.

2 photos of a black rat on a bed next to a grey cat

Via u/Vincent_Penning

36. They look so happy to be hanging out with each other.

2 photos of a brown and white dog with a brown and white horse

Via u/iamsubinj

37. Puppy friendships are so pure.

2 photos of a brown and white dog with a dalmation

Via u/GallowBoob

38. Two teeny tiny friends being teeny tiny besties.

2 photos of a brown and white owl with a calico kitten

Via Reddit

39. Size doesn't matter when it comes to friendship.

2 photos of a brown horse touching its nose to a small grey tabby kitten

Via u/Candpolit

40. These three look ready for their next nightly shenanigan!

3 fluffy white bats held in someone's hands

These animals prove that friendship has no boundaries, whether it's species, size or age.

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