In-deer-species Purrrrrrgling

[Please excuse the title of this post]

According to cuteporter Vitaly Ktach, a kitteh stopped by the deer enclosure at the Odessa Zoo in Ukraine for a NAP-AND-NUZZLE OMG:


Photo by Vitaly Tkach/Rex Features Read more on this story over at the Metro. Love interspecies snorgling and can’t get enough? Check out the new book Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom!

58 comments … read them below or add one

  1. Mina says:

    …The world would be a much better place if we could get along like housecats and deer.

  2. SB says:

    Look at the closed eyes :)
    Silently singing,
    Heaven
    I’m in heaven
    And my heart beats
    So that I can hardly speak
    And I seem to find
    The happiness I seek
    When we’re out together
    Dancing cheek to cheek .

  3. wuyizidi says:

    What, no “cat and racks” tag?

  4. kris says:

    is that a unicorn deer???

  5. ash says:

    LOVE!! omg squee

  6. bettyblack says:

    that deer has beautiful lips!

  7. Kar says:

    I think I just spontaneously ovluated it’s so cute.

    • Andi from NC says:

      ok, I should know better than to sip coffee and go on CO *blows nose to get coffee out*

  8. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwsqueeee! :)

  9. bookmonstercats says:

    Bambi ees lovinks eet.

    And so am I.

    Purrrrr.

  10. Gigi says:

    This is so cute I can’t stand it!
    Head s’plode!

  11. TUM says:

    Orange you glad you went to the zoo today?

  12. occula says:

    The contentment and peace on their little faces! *happy sigh*

    We should make mini-posters and leaflet-bomb areas of unrest with this.

  13. Red Toenails says:

    So so lovely and poetic.

  14. ScoutsMom says:

    That is absolutely adorable. I just hope the zoo takes care of the little marmie, like feeding it and making sure it doesn’t wander into any of the wrong areas.

  15. Sneza says:

    I hate to stereotype, but I think deer *really* like to inter-species-snorgle. They are always doing it. They are inter-species snorgaholics.

  16. flutterby says:

    So sweet….think I’m gonna start bawling like a babeh!

    Think I’ll just melt into a puddle of multicolored glitter-goo !!

  17. Nikki says:

    This photo just hit me as very poignant. It’s so so lovely.

  18. Celia says:

    Purrgling!!!! Such an excellent word. I want a kitteh to purrrgle me.

  19. Nicolletta says:

    That is so sweet I fell into a diabetic coma.

  20. January says:

    We have seen this before.

  21. 260Oakley says:

    doe-nut

  22. 6Rabbits says:

    I can’t stop looking at this photo! Why can’t humans get along like this? {softly humming “Let There Be Peace on Earth”}

  23. snorglepup says:

    When I first scrolled down on the picture, I saw ears and antlers
    and thought Jackalope! This is even better!

  24. flutterby says:

    Jackalope…I knew there was something vaguely familiar about that dear deer, just couldn’t put my finger on it – thanks snorglepup !

  25. chanpon says:

    Reminds me of that baby bobcat and that baby deer who were snugglilng under a desk after that wild fire scare in CA a few years ago.