# The Animal Odd Couple...Lesson To Be Learned?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animal-odd-couple-lesson-to-be-learned/487236>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 24, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animal-odd-couple-lesson-to-be-learned/487236 "2009-02-24T18:06:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animal-odd-couple-lesson-to-be-learned/487236/1 "2009-02-24T18:06:39Z")

</div>

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aFz-FMj-9Ps/hqdefault.jpg "The Animal Odd Couple") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFz-FMj-9Ps)

Links to a news story about an elephant and a dog that are uniquely pals.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animal-odd-couple-lesson-to-be-learned/487236/2 "2009-02-24T19:57:03Z")

</div>

Now that is cool…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animal-odd-couple-lesson-to-be-learned/487236/3 "2009-02-24T21:38:30Z")

</div>

Aw, that made my day.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animal-odd-couple-lesson-to-be-learned/487236/4 "2009-02-24T22:41:21Z")

</div>

You should check out Owen & Mzee, the cutest hippo & tortoise couple ever!

Their website is [here](http://www.owenandmzee.com/omweb/) (warning, sound), and there is a video of them [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Kc2y-geiU). My kids have a book about them, and it’s awesome!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animal-odd-couple-lesson-to-be-learned/487236/5 "2009-02-25T00:27:48Z")

</div>

Two things:

First, I teared up bigtime when the dog was brought down from the sanctuary office for the first time for the elephant to touch it…that keening, relieved, hello, oh my god where have you been sound that the elephant uttered was readily identifiable as a form of emotional animal speech.

Second, the reporter kinda tripes up the place with that whole “America…the world…take a look, they can do it, what’s our excuse” little phrase…that was a rolleyes for sure. Gee guy, I don’t know, maybe because they are animals and we are people?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animal-odd-couple-lesson-to-be-learned/487236/6 "2009-02-25T01:48:20Z")

</div>

A renowned odd couple for years at the SD Wild Animal Park: Ivan the giraffe and Bucky the water buffalo. [SD Zoo Blog article on Ivan](http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/ivan-giraffe-the-passing-of-a-legend/).