Interspecies friendships are awesome. Here are some photographs from Tanja Askani of a deer and a rabbit who are apparently pals.
![[photo of a deer and bunny together]](http://www.animalintelligence.org/images/deerbunny1.jpg "image by Tanja Askani")
![[photo of a deer and bunny together]](http://www.animalintelligence.org/images/deerbunny2.jpg "image by Tanja Askani")
![[photo of a deer and bunny together]](http://www.animalintelligence.org/images/deerbunny3.jpg "image by Tanja Askani")
![[photo of a deer and bunny together]](http://www.animalintelligence.org/images/deerbunny4.jpg "image by Tanja Askani")
![[photo of a deer and bunny together]](http://www.animalintelligence.org/images/deerbunny5.jpg "image by Tanja Askani")
![[photo of a deer and bunny together]](http://www.animalintelligence.org/images/deerbunny6.jpg "image by Tanja Askani")
![[photo of a deer and bunny together]](http://www.animalintelligence.org/images/deerbunny7.jpg "image by Tanja Askani")
Askani is a photographer and animal scientist. She has a book entitled Kinship with the Wolf: The Amazing Story of the Woman Who Lives with Wolves. From the Amazon page:
Czech author and animal scientist Askani lives with her husband at a game park in Germany. Originally, they had established the falconry at the park, bred raptors, and presented bird shows with their birds of prey. When her husband brought her an orphaned three-day-old wolf pup, Askani’s entry into lupine life began. Flocke (”snowflake”) was weak, requiring the intensive care of both Askani and her dog, yet eventually thrived. The bond between Askani and Flocke survived the wolf’s return to the game park and her pairing with another hand-reared wolf. Their daily interactions, including walking around the game park on leashes, gave Askani great insight into the world of the wolf.
Having a wolf pack (a third, younger male was added later) that totally trusted the humans among them — and, in fact, treated them like auxiliary wolves — meant that intimate observations of wolf behavior were possible. Although the writing and the translation are a bit choppy, the charming, diary-like writing style and the plethora of color close-ups of the wolves will enchant wolf lovers.
I’ve added it to my must-read list. See more of Asksani’s amazing wildlife photography here. Oh, okay. Two more images (because they’re cute):
![[photo of a bunny with its paws in the air]](http://www.animalintelligence.org/images/bunnyapplause.jpg "image by Tanja Askani")
![[photo of a bunny its tongue out]](http://www.animalintelligence.org/images/bunnytongue.jpg "image by Tanja Askani")
[found via Boing Boing]
10 responses so far ↓
1 Amanda // Jan 11, 2007 at 8:31 am
You find the *best* animal stuff.
2 Lynn // Jan 11, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Bambi and Thumper!!
3 Jan // Jan 22, 2007 at 5:29 am
The last photo SUPER CUTENESS!
But I love all the photos. The bunny and the deer look lovely together, and the baby bunny or squirrel is sooo cute.
4 erica // Jun 16, 2007 at 8:44 pm
your pics r so cute with the bunney and the deer i love them
5 Laurel // Dec 29, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Can these photographs be purchased from the author? I would love to have one of them framed?
6 shelley // Jan 19, 2008 at 2:36 pm
WONDERFUL photos. browsing through google images, and saw how cute they were. amazing, and impossible!! C:
7 Lucy // Feb 10, 2008 at 12:51 am
The bunnies tongue is so cute! lol I want a bunny now!!
8 Liz McGowin // Mar 10, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I’d like to purchase a print of the deer and rabbit photo. Can you tell me how to do this? Thanks.
9 Alicia // Mar 13, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Love the background information and story, adore the photographs and was nice to know the people behind them
10 Chrissy // Apr 15, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Is it possible to order the prints of the deer and rabbit? I would love them for my baby’s room.
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