The world’s most unusual animal friendships

A young elk rescued from a flooding river by a farmer in Inje, Gangwon Province, South Korea. It was adopted by a female dog that breastfeeds and guards him

Eight-month-old orphan elephant Themba, whose name means ‘hope’ in Xhosa, who has struck up a friendship with a sheep called Albert at the Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa

Bella the foxhound and Maggie the fox have become firm friends at an animal sanctuary in Essex

Bea, a three-year-old giraffe, and Wilma, an ostrich, have become the best of friends at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Florida

A lewd lemur sticks his tongue out at a parrot in Hamburg, Germany

A five-week-old boar, named Manni, plays with a Jack Russell terrier called Candy in Ehringhausen, Germany

Paloma the pot-bellied pig lives together with owner Mico and her Jack Russell Terrier Dog Flippo

A tiger cub and a pig snooze together, at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, in Thailand

See more at flushrush.com