Unlikely Friendships. 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom. "Animals crave company as much as people do. This book offers a delightful collection of examples in which they find friendship in the most amazing place: outside their own species. But why be surprised given how easily and intensely our own species bonds with dogs, cats, horses, and so on?" -Frans de Waal, Author of The Age of Empathy. A leopard lies down with a cow. An elephant cuddles a sheep. A housecat curls up with an iguana. These are just a few of the 47 heartwarming stories of interspecies friendship, documented in amazing photographs, that challenge everything we think we know about animals and the lives they lead.