Animal World: The Two Unlikely Friendship of Animals and The Lessons for Human
Some local say it’s the unlikely
friendship, others say it is rare and is seen every once in a while but still
some say it’s nothing new. The unlikely friendship between two animals’
imagines a friendship between a cat and a mouse, oh you see, it’s impossible
you will say and I agree with you on that one. But then, how about friendship
between a cat and a dog?
According to some locals in Delta
state, cat and dog have been known for their frequent fighting anytime they
encounter. Most times, they have to be manually separated by humans because
some fear that the dog will win this battle because of it been bigger in size
but then they do not also throw away that the cat is a well known hunter that
knows its way around predators the dog inclusive. Locals believe that the claws
of the cat are sharper and more dangerous compare with those of the dog. But
there is twist to this story, read the twist below.
In my visits to Sapele at Delta
State Nigeria, I happen to visit a home where I met a dog and a cat playing. At
first I was kind of shock but then the people living in the house explain how
it all started. In fact, they said the dog and cat are each other’s best friend
as the dog has no dog friend and same goes for the cat. The dog is named SIMBA
really can’t explain why it’s named after a Lion king but I sure can tell you
how SIMBA became good friend with a cat.
SIMBA is said to have been
brought to the house at a very tender age and same time, the cat was also
brought into the house a very tender age two. SIMBA was about 4 months old and
the cat was about 5 months old when they were both brought under same roof.
According to the report from a child living in the house, at first the SIMBA
and the cat where like sworn enemy that they have to constantly keeps an eye on
the animals even giving them separate rooms.
But then things start to take a
new shape when they have stayed together for about three months. They said
SIMBA became more accommodating even allowing the cat to eat where its food is
kept without trying to chase or fight the cat. The cat reciprocated this gesture
by also allowing SIMBA to come close too; even at times the cat is seen
removing lice from SIMBAS’ body. To people living around, it’s a friendship
that seems unlikely but it’s what they are experiencing now.
This simply means that, animals
can adapt and learn to live with one another, so if animals can have a high
level of accommodation for other animals, how much more humans who are seen to
be wiser and sensible that animals? This article is aimed at telling people to
learn to accommodate persons from other tribe, background and ethnic group
aside from their own.
As always, you can drop your
opinion via your comment below and if you know of any other unlikely friendship
among animals please feel free to share with this blog and our readers via you
comment below.
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