Nature Screen: Animal Odd Couples

Free with Museum Admission

A lion and a coyote, a tortoise and a goose, a goat and a horse, a dog and a deer…cross species relationships are now being documented in increasing numbers in zoos and sanctuaries around the world. As the stories and field reports multiply, scientists have begun to reconsider what was once conventional wisdom…that humans are the only animals capable of emotions and friendships. Animal experts Marc Bekoff and Temple Grandin offer their insights on what we can learn from interspecies relationships, and caretakers of unlikely animal couples in sanctuaries and zoos offer their own experiences with long term bonds between species that seem to defy past assumptions.

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