{"id":61204,"date":"2011-09-01T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/?p=61204"},"modified":"2011-09-01T15:52:16","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T15:52:16","slug":"animal-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wholeliving\/2011\/09\/animal-quotes.html","title":{"rendered":"Different species, best friends and animal quotes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like we all love a good inter-species friends <a title=\"What can you accomplish in 30 seconds?\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/2011\/08\/what-can-you-accomplish-in-30-seconds.html\" target=\"_blank\">story<\/a>. \u00a0I think it&#8217;s the message of true <a title=\"Making a difference (in the lives of others and your own)!\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/2011\/08\/making-a-difference-in-the-lives-of-others-and-your-own.html\" target=\"_blank\">friendship<\/a> without judgement and caring that transcends any physical differences. \u00a0The world feels like a simpler <a title=\"Quotes to embrace change part 2\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/2011\/08\/quotes-to-embrace-change-part-2.html\" target=\"_blank\">place<\/a> if a hippo and a tortoise can become best friends or perhaps a ferret and a dachshund&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/files\/2011\/08\/weaselwedC02939.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61205\" title=\"weaselwedC02939\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/225\/2011\/08\/weaselwedC02939-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This first one is just of Nico, but it&#8217;s such a cute picture!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/files\/2011\/08\/doublekidstogther9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61209\" title=\"doublekidstogther9\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/225\/2011\/08\/doublekidstogther9-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Now (darkly lit) inter-species friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/files\/2011\/08\/kidstogetherDSC03276.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61207\" title=\"kidstogetherDSC03276\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/225\/2011\/08\/kidstogetherDSC03276-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Can you spot the hidden ferret? The daschund is more obvious!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/files\/2011\/08\/friends24940_678445932048_29709305_38761184_3805602_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61208\" title=\"friends24940_678445932048_29709305_38761184_3805602_n\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/225\/2011\/08\/friends24940_678445932048_29709305_38761184_3805602_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite photos of these two.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quotes about Animals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An animal&#8217;s eyes have the power to speak a great language.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Everyone&#8217;s pet is the most outstanding. This begets mutual blindness.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More related content:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/discoveriesofawanderer\/2011\/08\/photos-friendship-in-the-most-unexpected-places.html\" target=\"_blank\">Friendship in unexpected places<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/discoveriesofawanderer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Discoveries of a Wanderer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Inspiration Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/2011\/08\/easy-ways-to-be-healthy-part-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Easy ways to be healthy part 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like we all love a good inter-species friends story. \u00a0I think it&#8217;s the message of true friendship without judgement and caring that transcends any physical differences. \u00a0The world feels like a simpler place if a hippo and a tortoise can become best friends or perhaps a ferret and a dachshund&#8230; &nbsp; This first&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,110,57,43],"tags":[204,336,245,247,320,246,244,111,243],"class_list":["post-61204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-ferret","category-joy","category-quotes-2","tag-animal","tag-ferret","tag-fun","tag-inter-species-friends","tag-joy","tag-laughter","tag-photo","tag-puppy","tag-weasel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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