As to humans, we have all heard the stories of Romulus and Remus being raised by a she-wolf and Tarzan being raised by apes. But did you know that there are real life instances of inter-species foster motherhood?
"One case in the nineteenth century involved a six year old girl who followed a wolf into the woods and was discovered some six weeks later. A more recent case involved a Romanian boy living wild with dogs for some time but at least one British newspaper referred to him as a wolf boy." (See: "The Mother Wolf").
Watch this video of a dog raising kittens, of a goat raising a colt, a cat who raised a fawn, and a leopard who raised a baboon:
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY !
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