Our friendships can be formed by a shared interest, or sometimes they are formed by
opposites attracting.
In most cases, cross-species friendships are forged most strongly when animals are young.
In this case, this pair of unusual animal friends is the perfect example.
Poldi the owl and Ingo, the Belgian shepherd should have been natural enemies.
But fate had a funny way of changing everything.
Poldi the owl didn't hatch until six days after his other brothers and sisters.
Being so late to hatch meant that Poldi missed the opportunity to bond with other owls.
Unfortunately, this meant, he would be lonely for the rest of his life.
Luckily for Poldi, that didn't happen.
And it was all thanks to Ingo, the Belgian shepherd, their beautiful and highly unusual
friendship has been captured on film by German photographer and animal lover, Tanja Brandt.
Poldi which is short for Napoleon, wasn't just the last outlet of his clutch of eggs
to be born.
He was also the smallest, his size alone made him exceptionally vulnerable to predators.
Because of this fact Poldi would never be able to live free in the wild.
However, the one-year-old outlet didn't seem to mind this fact and the least, and it was
all due to his love for Ingo.
Poldi might have been small and vulnerable, but his unlikely best friend came from a long
line of fearsome police dogs.
Both animals are now the Brant's pets.
Although at the beginning it was just her and Ingo.
She and the dog would watch the owl's nest in a tree by their house every day.
And when it became clear that Poldi’s egg had been abandoned by his mother for failing
to hatch.
Brant and Ingo took over.
brant said that the relationship between Ingo and Poldi was that of a protector and his
charge, but it also went deeper than that.
Even though Ingo was much bigger than Poldi, they still spent their days snuggling, napping,
and just generally enjoying each other's company.
Because Poldi has known Ingo since birth, he had no reason to be afraid of the sweet
gentle giant.
They spent their days exploring the acres of land on Brant's property.
Sometimes when Poldi got tired, he simply rested on Ingo’s head and let the dog do
the walking for them both.
Brant said that the duo was every bit as close as their portraits conveyed.
These two didn't need a lot of fancy toys to keep them happy.
All they needed was the others' company, and nothing could ever make them more content.
Because brat spent each and every day with the unlikely pair, she was able to capture
all sorts of intimate photographs of the two.
Like this funny shot of the partners in crime, begging for scraps from brants’ dinner plates,
even when Ingo felt like rough housing as dogs tend to do, Poldi wasn't scared off.
Just check out this adorable image of the dog chomping down on some springtime blossom.
While Poldi looked on with interest, and yes, a little bit of confusion.
The relationship between these two adorable creatures serves as an important reminder
to everyone about the power of friendship.
While they might have been very different, neither of them seemed to mind one bit, instead
they focused on what United them.
Even snowy conditions couldn't stop these two from enjoying each other's company.
It might have been a little cold outside, but Ingo was happy to use his thick fur coat
to keep holding nice and warm.
Even when he was sitting on a pile of snow.
Don't you wish you could read their minds?
It's clear that these two spoke in their own special language, but what on earth could
they even have to talk about in the first place?
Ness, smells, scheduling their next nap time.
While these two might have been born into different families, and different species,
it was clear that they considered themselves to be brothers.
Their friendship wasn't one sided, Poldi felt protected around Ingo and Ingo had a loyal
companion to nuzzle and play with.
While brant posed portraits were certainly lovely.
There was something even more charming about all of the quiet candid moments she caught
on film.
Look at Ingo, just lying back and relaxing with his Owl friend, while Poldi might still
have been just a young owl.
It was clear that he was an old soul.
His friendship with Ingo was certainly One in a million.
How lucky were they that they lived with a woman who was able to capture their feelings
for each other so eloquently?
Because Poldi was so young, And because both of these animals lived under Brent's supervision,
they would have plenty of time to savour being in each other's company.
Surely, with time and patience, they would only grow to love each other more.
This just goes to show you that no two animal species will ever be the same and as such,
you might as well respect & love each other despite your differences.
To prove this point, check out these two who've proven how even with nothing in common, a
couple can grow closer with time.
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