Why didn't he eat it? 10 incredible stories about friendship between humans and wild animals

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

Can a little boy cuddle with a python while lying in her room, and an adult woman play with two Bengal tigers in her garden? It sounds incredible at first glance, but the friendship between humans and animals turns out to be more than we imagined. Who knows, maybe there were many more similar people in the past? One way or another, now you will see the top 10 amazing cases of human-animal friendship. Well, by tradition, there is a small bonus at the end. So let's go.

In the family of freelance photographers Alan and Sylvia, a girl named Tippi was born on June 4, 1990. Parents, spending whole days in nature and photographing African animals, were not afraid to take little Tippy with them. Every day, observing wild animals, the child began to understand their habits and behavior. Over the 10 years of her life, Tippy has learned to easily contact with a wide variety of animals, and the African savannah has become like a home for her. She was surrounded by friends everywhere: she rode on elephants and took water procedures with them, played with lions, cheetahs, mongooses, ostriches, giant frogs, snakes and chameleons. When Tippy was asked how she managed to make friends with dangerous predators, she replied that the main thing is to be calm and show sincere friendliness, to which the animal will surely respond in kind.

Tippy is now a 28-year-old adult conservationist and wildlife documentary filmmaker.

Caught in the tenacious paws of an 800-kilogram bear, Jim Kowalczyk does not even try to get out. Firstly, you still can't get out of them, and secondly, Jim knows that in this way the bear demonstrates his affection and friendly feelings. There are many animal rehabilitation centers in the United States, but the center of Jim and his wife Susan is unique: it is very rare for anyone to interact with these large predators at such close range. Shelter Jim and Susan provide complete care and attention to injured animals, and upon recovery, return them to the wild. Perhaps it is such a sensitive and warm attitude of people that makes animals trust people, and even such a dangerous animal as a bear shows warm feelings. According to Jim, the only danger in his friendship with the bear is the likelihood that the clubfoot will accidentally settle on him.

Janice Halley once read an unusual article in the newspaper: it talked about courses in which they taught how to handle tigers. After completing the training, Janice soon brought home her first striped cub. The woman was fascinated by the tiger cub and surrounded him with real love and care. The picture that now appears before the eyes of Janice's neighbors is simply amazing: two huge Bengal tigers are sleeping, eating and frolicking in her garden! The 180-kilogram Yanda and 270-kilogram Saber behave like house cats. They allow themselves to be fed, stroked, and, of course, are very fond of Janice and her husband. The owners also love their animals and spend almost all their income on them. Would you like such pets for yourself?