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[ RACCOONS CHATTERING ]
Narrator: AT ANIMAL SANCTUARIES...
PETTING ZOOS...
AND FAMILY FARMS,
UNUSUAL FRIENDSHIPS ARE BLOSSOMING ALL AROUND.
ANIMALS THAT WOULD NEVER CROSS PATHS NATURALLY,
OR MIGHT EVEN BE ENEMIES,
BECOME NEIGHBORS AND SOMETIMES FRIENDS.
THESE ARE THREE EXTRAORDINARY TALES
OF UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS
FROM FIRST ENCOUNTERS...
TO UNEXPECTED ADVENTURES.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF ANIMAL BEST FRIENDS.
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
TUCKED AWAY IN UPSTATE NEW YORK IS AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY
WHICH IS HOME TO RESCUED CREATURES
OF ALL SHAPES...
[ PEACOCK CAWS ]
...AND SIZES.
[ PIG SNORTS ]
THE YOUNGEST RESIDENT IS TALLULAH,
A 4-MONTH-OLD SYRIAN BROWN BEAR CUB.
TALLULAH WAS ORPHANED SHORTLY AFTER SHE WAS BORN,
AND SHE'S BEEN RAISED HERE SINCE
BY THE FAMILY WHO RUNS THE SANCTUARY.
AS THE ONLY LITTLE BEAR ON THE BLOCK,
TALLULAH FINDS WAYS TO AMUSE HERSELF.
BUT PLAYING ALL ALONE ISN'T THAT AMUSING.
LIKE HUMANS, YOUNG ANIMALS PLAY TO HELP FORM SOCIAL BONDS.
BUT LATELY, TALLULAH'S FINDING
THE SOCIAL SCENE HERE A LITTLE DULL.
SO, THE 4-MONTH-OLD CUB SETS OUT TO FIND A FRIEND
WHO'S AS LIVELY AS SHE IS.
AND SOON, SHE FINDS SOMEONE WHO SEEMS TO FIT THE BILL.
BUT THE PIG IS TOO BUSY WITH LUNCH
TO BOTHER WITH THE LITTLE BEAR.
[ PIG SNORTING ]
PERHAPS THIS GUY WILL BE MORE HER SPEED.
HE'S INTERESTING, ALL RIGHT.
MAYBE HE'LL MAKE A GOOD FRIEND.
IF ONLY HE WASN'T SO HARD TO REACH.
IT SEEMS TALLULAH WILL HAVE TO SEARCH HIGHER AND WIDER.
SHE THEN SPOTS A TALL NEIGHBOR STANDING ALL ALONE.
THE NEIGHBOR LOOKS WARM AND CUDDLY,
BUT IT TURNS OUT LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING.
SO FAR, FINDING A FRIEND
IS PROVING PRETTY TOUGH FOR TALLULAH.
BUT THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE HERE
WHO'S LOOKING FOR A FRIEND IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES, TOO.
[ DOG BARKING ]
KAYDEN IS A 2-YEAR-OLD GERMAN SHEPHERD,
AND THE ONLY DOG AROUND HERE,
SO LIFE CAN GET A LITTLE LONELY.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING FRIENDS...
[ KAYDEN BARKING ]
...HE'S BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE.
AND THEN, THE BIG DOG AND THE LITTLE BEAR
STUMBLE UPON EACH OTHER.
AND AS LUCK OR FATE WOULD HAVE IT,
TALLULAH LANDS RIGHT IN THE LONELY DOG'S PATH.
MAYBE THEY'VE BOTH FOUND THE FRIEND
THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.
AT A WILDLIFE EDUCATION CENTER IN FLORIDA,
ANOTHER STORY OF UNLIKELY FRIENDS
IS UNFOLDING.
MEET DARBY, A MUNTJAC DEER,
AND JOEY, A WESTERN GREY KANGAROO.
WHILE KANGAROOS TEND TO BE
FUN-LOVING AND AT TIMES MISCHIEVOUS,
DEER ARE GENERALLY DOCILE AND CAUTIOUS.
IN THE WILD, AN AUSTRALIAN NATIVE LIKE JOEY
WOULD NEVER CROSS PATHS WITH A DEER FROM SOUTH ASIA.
BUT THESE BOYS GO WAY BACK.
THEIR STORY BEGAN WHEN JOEY,
A 5-MONTH-OLD, ORPHANED KANGAROO,
MET 2-YEAR-OLD DARBY.
THE GENTLE DEER HELPED THE FAST-GROWING KANGAROO
LEARN TO PLAY NICELY,
AND THE KANGAROO GOT THE DEER TO PLAY
A LITTLE MORE ON THE WILD SIDE.
[ DARBY SQUEAKING ]
THESE DAYS, THE FRIENDS ENJOY A LEISURELY LIFE AS ROOMMATES.
THE MISMATCHED PALS SHARE THEIR TOYS...
THEIR MEALS...
AND THEIR GROOMING HABITS.
BUT SOMEONE NEW IS ABOUT TO DROP IN ON THEIR SERENE WORLD.
[ LEMUR GRUNTS ]
POPPI IS A YOUNG RUFFED LEMUR, A NATIVE OF MADAGASCAR,
AND SHE'S BEEN MISBEHAVING IN THE LEMUR DEN.
[ POPPI BARKS, SQUEAKS ]
THE HOPE IS THAT JOEY AND DARBY'S GOOD BEHAVIOR
WILL RUB OFF ON THE ROWDY LEMUR.
[ POPPI SQUEAKS ]
DARBY AND JOEY KEEP THE PLACE MELLOW AND STRESS-FREE.
BUT MELLOW ISN'T IN THE LEMUR'S DNA.
[ POPPI YOWLS ]
POPPI'S NOT THE MOST GRACIOUS GUEST.
SHE HELPS HERSELF TO THE BOYS' FOOD...
...NOT TO MENTION THEIR TOYS.
[ POPPI BARKS ]
THE DOCILE DEER COULD DO WITHOUT POPPI'S INTRUSION.
[ POPPI BARKS, SQUEAKS ]
BUT THE KANGAROO IS MESMERIZED.
[ POPPI BARKING, SQUEAKING ]
AND HE SOON WANTS IN ON THE ACTION.
BUT CATCHING UP WITH POPPI IS HARDER THAN IT LOOKS.
BEFORE LONG, POPPI'S GOTTEN HER HANDS
ON EVERYTHING IN JOEY AND DARBY'S PEN.
AND WHEN THE LEMUR SPOTS A NEW OPPORTUNITY,
SHE DOESN'T HESITATE TO GO FOR IT.
THOUGH THE HOUSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUT OF BOUNDS,
POPPI JUST MADE IT LOOK SO EASY.
AND THAT'S HOW THE KANGAROO AND THE CAUTIOUS DEER
FIND THEMSELVES GOING WHERE THEY'VE NEVER GONE BEFORE.
COMING UP, ANOTHER PAIR OF UNLIKELY FRIENDS
MEETS HEAD-ON.
[ PUPPY WHINES ]
Narrator: THERE ARE FEW BETTER PLACES THAN A FARM
FOR AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP TO BLOOM.
[ GOATS BLEATING ]
AND HERE ON THIS FARM,
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT A CERTAIN VERY CUTE PAIR.
[ CHICKENS CLUCKING ]
THE STORY BEGAN A FEW WEEKS AGO
WHEN THIS PYGMY GOAT NAMED PIPSQUEAK
ARRIVED INTO THE WORLD.
PIPSQUEAK WAS THE RUNT OF THE LITTER
AND FOUND THE BIGGER GOATS IN THE NURSERY
A LITTLE OVERWHELMING.
[ PIPSQUEAK BLEATS ]
SO SHE WAS BROUGHT TO THE FARMER'S HOUSE,
WHERE SHE'S BEEN GROWING STRONGER EVERY DAY.
[ PUPPIES SQUEAKING ]
MEANWHILE, IN ANOTHER ROOM IN THE HOUSE,
A LITTER OF COTON DE TULéAR PUPPIES
WAS BORN.
[ SQUEAKING CONTINUES ]
IN THAT LITTER WAS A SHY PUP NAMED SNOWFLAKE
WHO HAD SOME TROUBLE FITTING IN, TOO.
[ PIPSQUEAK BLEATS ]
NOW PIPSQUEAK AND THE PUPS ARE BOTH THREE WEEKS OLD,
AND TODAY, THEY'RE MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME.
[ PIPSQUEAK BLEATS ]
PIPSQUEAK CAN BARELY CONTAIN HER EXCITEMENT.
THE LITTLE RUNT IS NO LONGER THE SMALLEST IN THE CROWD.
SHE GREETS HER NEW FRIENDS THE ONLY WAY SHE KNOWS HOW.
BUT THE PUPS DON'T SEEM TO SHARE HER ENTHUSIASM.
[ PUPPY YOWLING ]
[ PUPPIES WHINING ]
BUT SHY SNOWFLAKE UNDERSTANDS THE CHALLENGES OF FITTING IN.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE PIPSQUEAK'S HAVING A PRETTY ROUGH GO OF IT.
SO, SNOWFLAKE WORKS UP HER COURAGE
TO SAY HELLO.
BUT THE GOAT'S HELLO BACK IS A LITTLE ON THE ROUGH SIDE.
BEFORE LONG, THE COMMOTION'S GOT EVERYONE TIRED OUT.
ALL EXCEPT SNOWFLAKE,
WHO'S FASCINATED WITH THE UNUSUAL VISITOR.
MAYBE THESE TWO VERY DIFFERENT CREATURES
MIGHT JUST FIND SOMETHING IN COMMON.
BACK IN UPSTATE NEW YORK,
KAYDEN, THE LONELY DOG, AND TALLULAH, THE SOLO BEAR CUB,
SEEM TO HAVE LANDED
IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
AND KAYDEN IS EAGER TO SHOW THE CUB
ALL THE THINGS HE LOVES TO DO.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SWIMMING,
IT LOOKS LIKE THE BUCK, OR RATHER, THE BEAR, STOPS HERE.
THOUGH KAYDEN IS FEARLESS IN WATER...
TALLULAH FINDS IT PRETTY DAUNTING.
IF WATER IS NOT A HIT WITH THE LITTLE BEAR,
SURELY A GAME OF FETCH WILL BE.
BUT WHEN KAYDEN ENTICES HER TO GET THE STICK,
TALLULAH PREFERS TO GO AFTER THE DOG.
SO, MAYBE A STICK'S NOT THE CUB'S THING.
[ TOY SQUEAKS ]
SURELY, KAYDEN'S FAVORITE SQUEAKY TOY
WILL DO THE TRICK.
[ TALLULAH GROWLING ]
[ KAYDEN GRUMBLES ]
OR MAYBE THE ONLY TOY TALLULAH WANTS IS KAYDEN.
BUT THE DOG IS STARTING TO WONDER
WHAT GOOD A FRIEND IS
IF SHE DOESN'T DO ANY OF THE THINGS HE WANTS TO DO.
COMING UP, POPPI MAKES HERSELF AT HOME...
AND TAKES HER NEW FRIENDS WITH HER.
Narrator: BACK AT WHAT ONCE WAS
A KANGAROO AND DEER'S PEACEFUL PARADISE,
A LEMUR NAMED POPPI...
[ POPPI BARKS ]
...HAS BEEN A PRETTY BAD INFLUENCE.
AND SHE'S JUST LED THEM INTO THE HOUSE,
WHERE ANIMALS AREN'T ALLOWED.
AND IT'S NO MYSTERY WHY.
DARBY THE DEER IS UNEASY WITH THIS SITUATION.
BUT HIS BUDDY JOEY IS HAVING A GREAT TIME.
WHO KNEW BEING BAD WOULD TASTE THIS GOOD?
SOON, POPPI'S EYEING HER NEXT CONQUEST.
AND SHE'S GOT JOEY UNDER HER SPELL.
AND THEN, THINGS START TO REALLY UNRAVEL.
THE KANGAROO HAS GOTTEN SO WRAPPED UP IN THE MISCHIEF,
HE SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT HIS FAVORITE DEER,
WHO TAKES IN THE MAYHEM AND DECIDES HE'S OUT OF HERE.
AND IT'S THE DEER'S EXIT
THAT SUDDENLY SEEMS TO BRING JOEY TO HIS SENSES.
BECAUSE WHILE NEW FRIENDS
CAN TAKE YOU SOMEWHERE EXOTIC AND WILD,
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING BETTER THAN YOUR OLD, FAMILIAR FRIEND
WHO MAKES YOU GLAD TO BE BACK HOME.
MEANWHILE, AT THE BRIGHT NEW JERSEY FARM,
EVERYONE'S ENJOYING A HOT SUMMER DAY...
[ CHICKENS CLUCKING ]
[ PIG SNORTS ]
INCLUDING SNOWFLAKE, A SHY COTON DE TULéAR PUPPY,
AND PIPSQUEAK, A NOT-SO-SHY PYGMY GOAT.
PIPSQUEAK IS STILL TRYING TO FIT IN WITH THE LITTER,
BUT THE PUPS DON'T SEEM TO APPRECIATE HER KIND OF FUN...
[ PUPPY WHINES ]
...EXCEPT FOR SNOWFLAKE,
WHO'S STILL VERY INTRIGUED BY THE LITTLE GOAT.
IN FACT, SHE'S SO BUSY WATCHING PIPSQUEAK,
SHE DOESN'T NOTICE HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS
HAVE GONE OFF TO EXPLORE.
MAYBE NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO BE BRAVE
AND GET RIGHT UP TO THE UNUSUAL GOAT.
[ PIPSQUEAK BLEATS ]
IT TAKES SOME TRIAL AND ERROR...
...BUT THE SHY PUP AND THE OVEREAGER GOAT
SOON SEEM TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE.
WHEN THE OTHERS RETURN,
THEY NOTICE HOW MUCH FUN A LITTLE GOAT CAN BE,
AND THEY JOIN RIGHT IN.
FROM THE OUTSIDE, A SHY PUP AND AN EXCITABLE GOAT
MAY NOT SEEM LIKE THEY'D FIND MUCH COMMON GROUND.
BUT THEN, FRIENDS DON'T NEED TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME
TO FIT PERFECTLY TOGETHER.
AND NOW, A "TOO CUTE" QUIZ.
WAS IT THE SYRIAN BROWN BEAR...
THE MUNTJAC DEER...
OR THE GERMAN SHEPHERD?
THE ANSWER AFTER THIS.
THE ANSWER -- THE SYRIAN BROWN BEAR.
WOJTEK WAS ADOPTED AS A CUB BY THE POLISH ARMY.
THE TROOPS WERE SO FOND OF HIM THAT HE WAS DRAFTED AS A PRIVATE
SO HE'D BE ALLOWED TO BOARD THEIR TRANSPORT SHIP.
BACK IN UPSTATE NEW YORK,
KAYDEN, THE SOLO DOG AT A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY,
AND TALLULAH, THE SOLO BEAR CUB,
WERE ON THE FAST TRACK TO FRIENDSHIP.
BUT THE GERMAN SHEPHERD IS LEARNING
THAT BEAR CUBS DON'T ALWAYS DO
ALL THE THINGS THAT DOGS LIKE TO DO.
IT SEEMS, NO MATTER WHAT HE TRIES TO SHOW HER,
HE'S JUST NOT GETTING VERY FAR WITH THE LITTLE BEAR.
BUT JUST AS THE DOG HAS RUN OUT OF IDEAS,
THE CUB TEACHES HIM SOMETHING.
SOMETIMES, ALL YOU NEED TO HAVE FUN IS EACH OTHER.
NOW THEY'RE FINDING FUN EVERYWHERE.
IT'S BEEN A BIG DAY FOR THE LITTLE BEAR
WHO'S EXCITED TO HAVE FINALLY FOUND
A FRIEND TO PLAY WITH.
BUT RIGHT NOW,
KAYDEN KNOWS THE LITTLE BEAR NEEDS HER REST...
...SO THEY CAN PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW.
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