In the wild, you’d never expect to see a tiger, a lion and a bear congregating together (in fact, one of these creatures typically dwells in an entirely different ecosystem), but specific situations have proven that typically incompatible species can co-exist when they’re removed from their natural habitat and the hierarchy of the animal kingdom.

Noah’s Ark Animal Rescue Center in Georgia is home to Baloo, a 1000 pound American black bear; Shere Khan, a 350 pound Bengal tiger; and Leo a 250 pound lion. That may not sound unusual, but what makes this situation unique is that the three animals actually live together, rescue playfully and relax comfortably despite their apex predator status.

Staff at the rescue center believe that this is the only combination of these three animals living together in the wild or in captivity. The reason that they seem to get along and even have a friendship is because they were never in the wild; they never learned their place in the animal kingdom because they were seized as babies during a drug bust. Researchers had suggested that if rescued animals from the wild had been combined in captivity, the results would not be so positive.

The co-existence of a lion, tiger and black bear indicates that some animal characteristics are based less on instinct; they like people, can be greatly shaped by their environment in terms of their behavior.

Source - GO Media - Written by Beth Graddon-Hodgson - Image via: Noah’s Ark

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