Best friends - a cheetah and Labrador

A year ago, the two found each other - a small cheetah named Casey and labrador puppy Mtani. Casey threw mother and raised by zoo keepers. A year has passed, and still inseparable friends continue to enjoy life at the zoo Bush that the National Park in Florida Tampa Bay.
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1. Meet is Kasi and Mtani. Their names in Swahili means - "Cassis" - "fast" and "Mtani" - "best friend."





2. Casey "from the cradle" was brought zookeeper who once decided to conduct an unusual experiment.



3. Once the cheetah kitten for a long time did not know other friends besides the people who cared about him, that there was a need to find a way to develop his social skills. So there was a decision to him sat a dog breed Labrador.



4. In the photo: Casey and Mtani meet together Halloween 2012.



5. Casey and Mtani were very similar in nature, playful and very funny, as a result they are now a great time together.



6. It must be said that this experiment of the shares, to cheetahs individuals of another species was the first for the zoo. On the whole, these solutions are very rare. Curator Tom Smith explained why the decision was made.



7. According to him, the dogs and cheetahs are very similar to the structure of society and are therefore easy to find a common language.



8. So the kid Casey looked a year ago.



9. And this is - a more recent photograph, taken on the same background.



10. A year has passed, and friendship tighter.



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