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Flaxbee

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Thu Feb 14, 2013, 06:35 PM Feb 2013

Dalmation adopts spotted lamb

This is just cute. Video at link

http://www.mnn.com/family/pets/stories/dalmatian-adopts-spotted-lamb



A spotted lamb that was abandoned by its mother has been adopted by a Dalmatian on a farm in south Australia.

The black-and-white lamb, a cross between a purebred white Dorper ram and a crossbred Dorper and Van Rooy ewe, has a speckled coat that closely resembles that of a Dalmation.

The young ewe’s similar appearance might have even encouraged the dog to take on this interspecies motherly role.

“It's not unusual for dogs to surrogate all manner of animals, including lambs," Dr. Kersti Seksel, a veterinary specialist in behavioral medicine, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in August. “But we do know that like attracts like.”

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Dalmation adopts spotted lamb (Original Post) Flaxbee Feb 2013 OP
Sweet. n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #1
Perdita! PERDITA! NO! That one would be 102!!! benld74 Feb 2013 #2
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