Top 10 Weird Animal Relationships

Animals, like humans, are known to get into weird relationships that are surprising to the world. But unlike humans, most of these animals don’t have anything in common and some of them are even prey to one another. Below, we are going to dwell into this fascinating world and talk about the top 10 weird animal relationships.

10. Snake and Hamster

At a zoo in Japan, there lies a very unlikely relationship between a hamster and a rat snake. This bond occurred when the hamster was placed into the snake’s cage for feeding. But there was only one problem: the snake refused to eat it. In the end, both of these animals ended up becoming roommates and the hamster even went as far as to curl up aside the snake as it slept.

9. Dog and Elephant

At an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee, all kinds of elephants roam around in pairs and mind their business for the most part. One day, a stray dog named Bella wondered into the sanctuary and instantly became friends with Tarra. These two creatures were inseparable. They would sleep together as well as eat and play together. But the true extent of their relationship happened when Bella became injured and immobilized and Tarra sat in the corner of the sanctuary, sad. Eventually, the owners had to carry the dog out to see her friend.

8. Hippo and Tortoise

Among all of the unlikely relationships to show up on this list, this one probably is one of the weirder ones. In 2004, these two animals made headlines as they paired up after an Ocean earthquake in the Indian Ocean. The tsunami orphaned the baby hippo named Owen and it immediately became paired up with the 130 year old tortoise. To two even went on to have their own website.

7. Orangutan and Dog

Primates tend to be quite defensive and most of them will never become friends with animals outside of their species. Heck, most of them have trouble developing relationships with themselves. But when a stray dog named Roscoe rolled around, the orangutan immediately became hooked. They became longtime friends and the two have maintained a solid connection ever since.

6. Puppy and Chicken

Another unlikely relationship that one could never see coming is that between a puppy and a chicken. Yet, that is exactly what happened in this story that immediately took headlines on the Internet when it happened. You can even watch a video that shows the baby chicken hopping around as it jumps back forth over the puppy and trying to nudge its way in for a cuddle.

5. Kitten and Crow

The majority of kittens don’t like making friends with any animals besides their mothers. But this wasn’t the case with a cat named Cassie. She was an abandoned kitty who was literally taken under the wing by a wild crow named Moses. Now if you don’t know, cats tend to chase and eat birds- but that wasn’t the case here. Moses helped the kitten by keeping her out of the road and even going as far as feeding her.

4. Dog and Lion Cubs

A tiger was too sick to take care of her baby cubs. As a result, a new surrogate mother- a dog- took over and begun taking care of them. The bizarre family lived in China’s Nanning Zoo and you can see from the picture that they are breast feeding on the dog. And the part that’s even stranger is that this isn’t something unusual in the animal kingdom of China. According to experts, it is not uncommon for abandoned animals to latch on to a surrogate mother when their own species has estranged them. Either way, this is a beautiful story and an utterly strange animal relationship.

3. Lioness and Oryx

The Lioness in this picture had not had her own cub when she decided to adopt a baby Oryx. Despite what you might want to believe, this was the third time that she had done this. Her name is Larsens and she had lost her first adopted baby to a lion while the second was lost by a park warden (because it was not taking her milk). And on her third attempt, she managed to successfully take care of the baby Oryx for quite some time.

2. Dog and Baby Chimp

It isn’t every day that a dog takes on the responsibility of raising a baby chimp. However, this is exactly what a dog did at the Twycross Zoo in Birmingham. The dog’s name was Bugsy and it was a bulldog. Despite what others believed, it took on the guardianship of a baby chimp named Kia, who was about 30 pounds. They kissed frequently so it is safe to assume that their relationship was on solid grounds.

1. Orangutan and Tiger

While we don’t have a lot of information on this story, it is safe to say that this is one of the stranger animal relationships on the list. After all, tigers are supposed to eat orangutans, right? Well, that isn’t what happened here when the 26-day old Sumatran Tiger named Dema cuddled up with the 5-month old female Orangutan named Irma. This occurred at the “Taman Safari Indonesia” Animal Hospital in Indonesia and it was definitely a sight to see.