In the animal world, it can happen that the cubs are left without a mother. Another female, of the same or even another, can take on her role. species and become a foster mother for the animal.
Golden Retriever – a nurse for Bengal kittens.
Another dog mom adopted a wild pig.
And another dog that takes care of the pig.
The dog takes care of the deer, which was saved by its owner.
And this labrador mother is raising cubs. She previously cared about Porcupine and hippo cubs.
Shepherd takes care of small cheetahs, as their cubs.
It is known that ducklings read by the mother the first thing they saw, when hatched. These babies think their mother is a dog.
And this is a foster mother for four kittens.
Adoptive mom for the red panda.
The cat adopted the squirrel and raised it with its kittens. The little squirrel adapted so much that it learned to make sounds similar on a purr.
And these cat moms raise both kittens and puppies.
Teen Wolf was born weak and according to the laws of natural selection was doomed to death, but he was raised by a cat.
An unusual stepmother for a kitten is a gorilla.
And this chimpanzee helps zoo staff take care of abandoned cubs.
One more not ordinary family from Thailand – mother – a pig and two children – a tiger cub.
In the same Thai zoo, a tigress fed piglets.
Lion tamarin adopted a cub of another species of monkey.
Hippo cub left alone after the flood, attached to a huge turtle.
Lioness takes care of a small antelope, a case from safari park.
Interspecific adoption is an unusual phenomenon that allows to survive babies whose mother died or did not want about them care due to lack of maternal instinct.