Cute story of the day - Dachsund adopts piglet

[trekgeezer]

Aw shucks, ain't that something.

http://puppyintraining.com/dogs-other-animals/dachshund-acts-as-mom-to-baby-piglet/

[lester1/2jr]

-edited out bad joke-

[akiratubo]

Awwwwwwwwwww. 

[Yaddo 42]

Old punchline: "Pig that special you don't eat all at once."

[Raffine]

Old punchline: "Pig that special you don't eat all at once."

Ha! I told that joke just the other day!

[raj]

Hmm, he might be a real hotdog.  I wonder if he'll be a real ham when he grows up.

[BTM]

Went to the website and they've updated this story.  The pig (Pinkie) is now up for adoption!

http://puppyintraining.com/dogs-other-animals/the-latest-news-on-piglet-adopted-by-dachshund/

They say the little guy had some trouble weaning, but is now doing okay.

[trekgeezer]

That  little guy is so cute he could put me off eating bacon.

[BoyScoutKevin]

That is not unusual for an animal to take up raising an animal of another species.

The one that gets to me is this pair of male flamingos, in this game park in the U.K., who have taken up living together as a gay couple. Being two males, they can't lay eggs, but the employees of the game park have started leaving an egg in the nest, and the two male flamingos take turns hatching the egg, then they take turns raising the chick to adulthood. And they have found those two male flamingos are just as good mothers/fathers as any of the female flamingos in that game park.