Cat And Black Bear Best Friends - Reunited At Zoo

[matcom]

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Muschi, a small cat that formed an unlikely friendship with a half-ton bear called "mouse" in Berlin Zoo, has been reunited with her companion after pining outside the bear's cage for months, the zoo said Friday.

Muschi, which means "pussy," has been popular with zoo visitors ever since she appeared in the bear's enclosure three years ago. But the pair were split up last October when the bear was locked in a cage while her living space was enlarged.

Zoo keepers took pity on the distraught cat that had taken to roaming around the zoo and sitting outside the cage, and this week allowed her in the cage with the shaggy female Asiatic black bear called "Maeuschen," which means little mouse.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=10&u=/nm/20040109/od_nm/odd_germany_cat_dc

[GOPisEvil]

1. Awwww...que chula!

:-)

[WillParkinson]

2. Too sweet...

Of course only humans have emotions. </sarcasm>

(On edit: Forgot the "SARCASM")

[commander bunnypants]

3. Sweet story

Very sweet


DDQM

[underpants]

4. Is that what Rick Santorum was talking about?

:bounce:

[ET Awful]

6. LMFAO

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

[Bronco69]

5. awwwwwwwwww

:-)

[Kellanved]

7. Here's a pic of "Muschi" and "Mäuschen"

http://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/AnswerData/aw/d34db5e7b6b6539d237fd95982c1a00c.html

:hi:


and another one:
http://www.ren-rad.de/site90.htm (looks like a private site; so link only)

[brainshrub]

8. This just made my day!

So cute.

On the other hand...maybe the bear is waiting for the cat to fatten up a bit.

[Kellanved]

9. the two are playmates since 2000

So I don't see that as a probable outcome (yet not impossible either).

[Zuni]

10. Sometimes the news really does leave me with a smile

this is one of the nicest news stories i have read in a while. Hopefully the cat and the bear will be friends for many more years.