Some of these pets are beginning to look too much like their owners!

Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore!

Hey you! Leggo of my nose! Hey! HEY!! HEY!!!

Excuse me, but did you say to pay at the FIRST window or the SECOND window?

Just what do you mean . . . "Try not to make a pig of yourself"?

May I see your drivers license and registration please?

Backstage with Siegfried and Roy right before . . . Well, you know!

Let me see now, how does that song go? "Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam . . ."

Let me see now, how does that nursery rhyme go?
"Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the . . ."

I always wondered where mice went when the went to commit suicide!

You wouldn't want to harm little 'ole me... now would you?

Ohhh! That feels sooo good!

Desktop Wallpaper Humor : If a cow laughed real hard, would milk come out its nose?

Desktop Wallpaper Humor : Do pigs pull ham strings?

That's right! I said, "Keep walking pal! And don't even think about asking me for a ride!

That's right pal! I said, "Keep on walking! And don't even think about asking me for a ride!

They make an unlikely trio, but Baloo the bear, Leo the lion and Shere Khan the tiger have forged an unusually strong bond. Considering that they would be mortal enemies if they ever were to meet in the wild, it is stunning to see their unique and genuine friendship in these intimate pictures. Rescued eight years ago during a police drugs raid in Atlanta , Georgia , the three friends were only cubs at the time at barely two months old. Jungle japes: Shere Khan the tiger, Leo the lion and Baloo the bear all live together in a specially-built enclosure at Noah's Ark Animal Rescue Centre, in Georgia , USA. They had been kept as status symbol pets by the drug barons. Delivered to the Noah's Ark Animal Rescue Center in Locust Grove, Georgia, the decision was made to keep the youngsters together, because of their budding rapport. 'We could have separated them, but since they came as a kind of family, the zoo decided to keep them together,' said Diane Smith, assistant director of Noah's Ark. 'To our knowledge, this is the only place where you'll find this combination of animals together.' Living with the zoo's founders for the past eight years, Shere Khan, Baloo and Leo have now moved to a purpose-built habitat were the US public can now witness first hand their touching relationships.

Best friends: The three beasts have been kept together since they were rescued from drug barons when they were just two months old. 'We didn't have the money to move them at first,' said Diane. 'Now their habitat is sorted and they have been moved away from the children's zoo areas where the public couldn't really get a good look. It is possible to see Baloo, who is a 1000 lb bear, Shere Khan, a 350 lb tiger and Leo, who is also 350 lbs, messing around like brothers. 'They are totally oblivious to the fact that in any other circumstance they would not be friends.' Handled by Charles and Jama Hedgecoth, the zoo's owners and founders, the three friendly giants appear to have have no comprehension of their animal differences.

'Baloo and Shere Khan are very close,' says Diane. 'That is because they rise early, and as Leo is a lion, he likes to spend most of the day sleeping. 'It is wonderful and magical to see a giant American Black Bear put his arm around a Bengal and then to see the tiger nuzzle up to the bear like a domestic cat. 'When Leo wakes up the three of them mess around for most of the day before they settle down to some food.' Larking about: Noah's Ark owner Charles Hedgecoth enjoys a visit with Baloo and Shere Khan. Surprisingly for three apex predators with the power to kill with a single bite or swipe of their paw, they are very relaxed around each other. 'They eat, sleep and play together,' said Jama. 'As they treat each other as siblings they will lie on top of each other for heat and simply for affection. 'At the moment they are getting used to their new habitat. 'Shere Khan is being quite reticent about the move, but Baloo, the bear is very good at leading him on and making him feel comfortable and safe.'

Explaining that the three 'brothers' have always seemed to share a unique bond, Charles said: 'Noah's Ark is their home and they could not possibly be separated from each other. 'You just have to remember who you're dealing with when you are with them though. 'It's when you forget that these fellows are wild animals that you get yourself in trouble.' The trio's new habitat cost an estimated $15,000 and had to be constructed carefully, in order to accommodate its occupants. Jama said: 'The clubhouse had to be very sturdy for the guys, because they all sleep in it together,' She added: 'We had to include a creek, because the tiger and the bear both like to be in water.' Close: The animals treat each other as siblings and even lie on top of each other to share warmth and affection.

A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said on Thursday. The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on Dec. 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him. It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother', ecologist Paul Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park.

After it was swept and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately, it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep together, the ecologist added. The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it follows its mother. If somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother, Kahumbu added. The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for four years, he explained.