True Love: 24 Surprising Stories Of Animal Affection

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This perfect National Geographic Valentines Day gift is filled with uplifting true love stories from the animal kingdom and heartwarming accounts of animal emotions friendships romance sibling and parentchild love Author Rachel Buchholz a longtime editor with National Geographic Kids magazine has been collecting amazing animal stories for more than a decade and has gathered her favorites to show the many kinds of love that animals share from inseparable best friends to romantically devoted duos Touching photographs inspiring animal facts and meaningful quotes about love round out the bookmaking it a special way to show someone the true meaning of love Stories includeSIBLING LOVE Brother and sister bears In Cooper Landing Alaska a fishing guide spotted brother and sister grizzly bears fishing in the river The brother had an injured front paw from a gunshot wound same hunter who had killed his mother and couldnt catch salmon Brother bear would charge the fish would scatter and he came up emptypawed every time The guide was worried about the cub until she saw his sister who normally wouldve gone off on her own stay by his side catching fish and dropping them at his feet She stayed with her brother for 4 weeks to catch fish for himPARENTS CHILDREN Lioness supermom When a little lion cub fell halfway down a cliff a group of lionesses didnt know what to do At the cliffs bottom lurked hungry crocodiles and one false move could send them and the baby tumbling down to become prey Four lionesses try and give up the cliff is too treacherous for them But the lions mother climbs down the sheer cliff face scoops him up in her mouth and crawls up the cliff side to safetyBEST FRIENDS Bear the bobcat and Robi the caracal In Sherwood Oregon Bear the bobcat was blind grumpy and friendless He didnt get along with any of the other captive cats at his sanctuary His keepers were worried about him until Robi the caracal moved into the enclosure next door The bobcat perked up and started rubbing against the fence of his new neighbor When the two were introduced to each other Bear affectionately headbutted Robi and they became best friends forever Now Robi serves as Bears guide catROMANCE Jake and Jemima ducks in love In North Devon England Jake the Muscovy duck waddled for weeks to return to his sweetheart Jemima Their owner had given Jake to a friend eight miles away But Jake overcame three snowstorms and animal threats to return to Jemima Muscovy ducks cant fly very highonly a few feetand he had to find his way around fourfoothigh hedges and fences to get back to his girl When he found Jemima again his owner saw the two ducks cuddle up like an old married couple