# Rare encounters between different types of animals.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-encounters-between-different-types-of-animals/502116 "2009-07-06T19:41:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-encounters-between-different-types-of-animals/502116/1 "2009-07-06T19:41:22Z")
Today while walking by the coast I stopped to watch a three legged dog play in the sea. Its owner was throwing a frisbee far out into the water for the dog to fetch and bring back. I was amazed at how well the dog swam and ran with his missing leg…and peed on two legs too without falling over sideways. What really amazed me though was that suddenly a seal popped its head up infront of the floating frisbee. The dog swam out to it and they stared, nose to nose, at each other for some time before the dog swam back to the shore to its owner. When the frisbee was thrown out into the water again the same thing happened again and again until the seal eventually swam away. It was beautiful to watch, it felt strangely special… a magical moment between two animals that probably don’t come across each other very often in the water. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-encounters-between-different-types-of-animals/502116/2 "2009-07-06T20:10:28Z")
That’s a pretty cool experience! You do realise the cuteness of this topic, combined with your username? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-encounters-between-different-types-of-animals/502116/3 "2009-07-06T20:18:24Z")
Lovely image. Not quite as exotic, but when I lived in Dublin, one day my cat had been outside, and I hadn’t seen her for a couple of hours and was getting worried, so I went upstairs to see if I could see where she’d got to. I looked around and eventually spotted her in a small field of wasteground out the back of my garden, sitting at the feet of a big horse. The horse was bending its head down to the ground to sniff her, and she was looking up, nose to nose, sniffing back, completely unafraid. It was a gorgeous and unusual sight, backlit by the setting sun, and is a memory that endures like a photograph. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-encounters-between-different-types-of-animals/502116/4 "2009-07-06T20:22:30Z")
That is a wonderful story. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-encounters-between-different-types-of-animals/502116/5 "2009-07-06T21:06:40Z")
I went to New Zealand about seven or eight years ago, and one of the weirdest things I saw was a field full of penguins and sheep. The penguins start coming in from the sea around dusk and going hop-hop-hop up the beach, and pretty soon they were in the grass with the sheep, who were [totally nonchalant](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3426/3362070514_14e2b55890.jpg?v=0) about it. It was the cutest thing ever 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-encounters-between-different-types-of-animals/502116/6 "2009-07-06T21:19:50Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > I went to New Zealand about seven or eight years ago, and one of the weirdest things I saw was a field full of penguins and sheep. The penguins start coming in from the sea around dusk and going hop-hop-hop up the beach, and pretty soon they were in the grass with the sheep, who were [totally nonchalant](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3426/3362070514_14e2b55890.jpg?v=0) about it. > > It was the cutest thing ever 🙂 Aww! As to the OP, no seal and dog pics?! Aw! it sounds adorable. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-encounters-between-different-types-of-animals/502116/7 "2009-07-07T03:15:41Z")
Several winters back here in Connecticut, it was a particularly cold night, lightly snowing… I parked my car out front and began to walk in when I saw an enormous dog come trotting down the road on my side. He was a Husky or Malamute, he was big, and when he saw me he stopped abruptly. Right then, out from under him, came a small, similar colored cat. It curled around his chest and back under his body… He then turned around and trotted back the way he came, cat underneath and everything. It was as if they were sneaking away to make-out or something…it was cool. ---
**Author:** ![Novalyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@Novalyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novalyne)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-encounters-between-different-types-of-animals/502116/8 "2009-07-07T05:44:21Z")
Here is a sweet news piece about a friendship between an elephant and a dog: [Tara and Bella](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBtFTF2ii7U) ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-encounters-between-different-types-of-animals/502116/9 "2009-07-07T07:43:56Z")
From [hox-slayer](http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue-76.shtml). You have to scroll down a bit . ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-encounters-between-different-types-of-animals/502116/10 "2009-07-07T09:07:56Z")
The other evening I found my cat and a hedgehog standing right next to each other on our front driveway. The cat wasn’t bothering the hedgehog which hadn’t even curled up into a ball. They both looked very relaxed about the whole matter. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-encounters-between-different-types-of-animals/502116/11 "2009-07-07T09:39:43Z")
> [@](#): > > You do realise the cuteness of this topic, combined with your username? I hadn’t actually thought about my username when writing the post! 🙂 > [@](#): > > As to the OP, no seal and dog pics?! Aw! it sounds adorable. I do have some but they are still on my camera at the moment and I havent had time to upload them yet, sorry! > [@](#): > > I went to New Zealand about seven or eight years ago, and one of the weirdest things I saw was a field full of penguins and sheep. The penguins start coming in from the sea around dusk and going hop-hop-hop up the beach, and pretty soon they were in the grass with the sheep, who were totally nonchalant about it. > > It was the cutest thing ever That is such a lovely picture!