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Posted
15 January 2009 @ 7pm

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New levels of ‘cute overload’ - interspecies relationships

An increasing trend in internet interest seems to be photographs or videos featuring interspecies relationships that are surprising and endearing. My favourite story is that of Christian the lion, despite the horribly cheezy musak that accompanies it. A recent video that I have seen cropping up is of this relationship between a female elephant and a dog, Tara and Bella, such a clear example of how animals are sentient and experience emotional bonds, but that they can also overcome speciesism (when often humans still cannot).


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