Friday, September 14, 2007

I thought this was a cute story

It's dove at first sight
Monkey and pigeon
All together now: Ahhhh

It's a tale straight out of Disney – an abandoned baby monkey, close to death, is revived by the love of a bird.

The 12-week-old macaque was rescued on Neilingding Island, in Goangdong Province, China, after being abandoned by his mother.

Taken to an animal hospital, he was weaned back to physical health but still showed little appetite for life.

It was not until a fellow patient, a white pigeon, took him under her wing and showed him love and affection that he perked up.

Now the two are inseparable, say staff.

They are not the first odd couple. In March, we told how a tiger cub in China was being raised by a sow along with her piglets because his mother didn't know how to feed him.

And in 2005 Mi-Lu the baby deer became best friends with lurcher Geoffrey at the Knowsley Animal Park, in Merseyside, after being rejected by her mother.

3 comments:

Wendy said...

That is so sweet. What a funny pair.

Mel said...

See, opposites do attract. Just another way that God shows us how NOT to judge a book by it's cover.

Hart's Haven said...

Such a cute story. Pam, I think your mothering instincts are kicking in.