Puppy Adopted By Cat Mother Video | Pets Wild At Heart | BBC Earth

Love truly knows no bounds as this abandoned puppy is taken in by a mother cat.

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this puppy was rejected by his mother at birth but he's had the good fortune to be adopted by a cat her mothering hormones are so strong she accepts him as her own the puppy was born on the same day and he happily adapts to his new family but kittens live by different social rules even when they suckle they nametag teats with their own individual scent and return to it each time this simple rule maintains peace and harmony during feeding time but for dogs pack life requires fighting for your share in the rough and tumble of competing mouths this puppy breaks all of the cat's social conventions his wild instincts express themselves despite his unusual family ultimately the puppies needs and his foster mother's nurturing feelings overcome any differences for now but as adults these top predators will differ in almost every detail when a cat drinks he uses a refined technique the rough upper side of his tongue Carles downwards to pick up the liquid using surface tension it pulls the column of milk up into his mouth without making any mess at all [Music] a solitary hunter can afford to take his time it's a different matter when you hunt as a pack a dog also pulls a column into his mouth but unlike cats he shapes his tongue into a Lidl the slosh more liquidity for pack animals beating your rivals to a drink is more important than cleanliness x-rays shows how the milk is thrown back once at five times the force of gravity and his mouth shuts like a trap as it is swallow [Music] it might be affected but it's far Messier from the cat [Music]