Reason 2
Mum seeks baby
In the case of mammals, there could be another explantion for "friendships" between animals of different species: the maternal instict.
"If a famale loses her babies, the maternal instict can make her adopt a baby of many species, says Ms Bouchard. For wxample a linoess can take care of a young antelope as if it was her own baby".this is confirmet by the experience of Fr Daphne Sheldrick, a vet who specialitzes in the rehabitation of orphan animals. One day, someone brought her a baby zebra adopted by a lioness.... who dad devoured its mother the day before.
When a female becomes a mother, her body produces a hermone, oxytocin, with helps her to produce milk and become attached to her babies. "If the die, the mother tries to stisfy her need to be a mother " Ms Bouchard explains. "In this case, the maternal insict is more important than the hunting instinct."
A piglet and a tiger
A piglet sleeps on a tiger at Sriracha zoo in Thailand. Staff at he zoo encourage different animals to live together soon after they are born.
What about human beings?
Human babies also have a socialitzation period. Some* years ago, the story of little Tippi Dergé caused a sensation. 
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