Sometimes, the most unexpected interspecies friendships can form. And we don't just mean between animals and other animals - although we love it when it happens. We mean friendships between humans and animals. Like the incredible 37-year friendship between a man and the swan he rescued, or the awwdorable friendship between a girl and the bumblebee she rescued.
Sometimes, we just connect with animals. Even with the most unexpected ones. Like bees. And wasps. One wouldn't think that it would be very easy to connect with those. They're quite… scary sometimes. But, people on tumblr, as always, had to go and prove us wrong, sharing stories of themselves befriending these unique and amazing buzzy creatures.
No, it really is amazing how all some animals need is a little nourishment for them to decide that you are a human that is worth keeping. Cats are the same way. They domesticated themselves because they knew that we want to take carry of their fluffy little booties.
A lot more animals than people know are incredibly social. It's just that we have to socialize with them in a way that they would understand, that would make sense to them. That's why there are people who befriend whole packs of lions. They adjust to the animals instead of asking the animals to adjust to them.
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