Unlikely Friendships

47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom

by Jennifer S. Holland

Workman Publishing, 2011

Paperback, 210 pages

Unlikely Friendships is a wonderful book. When we open our eyes and our hearts to the amazing beings with whom we share our planet, we discover how compassion and  empathy smoothly cross species borders."  -Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals

"Animals crave company as much as people do. This book offers a delightful collection of examples in which they find friendship in the most amazing place: outside their own  species.

But why be surprised given how easily and intensely our own species bonds with dogs, cats, horses, and so on?"  -Frans de Waal, author of The Age of Empathy 

A leopard lies down with a cow. An elephant cuddles a sheep. A housecat curls up with an iguana. These are  just a few of the 47 heartwarming stories of interspecies friendship, documented in amazing photographs, that challenge everything we think we know about animals and the lives they lead. 

Pages unmarked. Some shelf wear to cover at edges, some faint scratching.