Cheetah and Dog: Best of Friends?

Wow, that’s just a truly one-of-a-kind friendship.

A male cheetah cub and a female yellow lab, who were put together when the cheetah was 8 weeks old and the dog 16 weeks old, celebrated their first anniversary together at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida. The pair, later named Kasi and Mtani, immediately struck up a bond that would last a lifetime. Even though the anniversary was a while back, it is now a couple years later and their friendship is still going strong, according to Busch Gardens who provides updates on the pair.

Now a lot of people might be skeptical, but actually the two animals have very similar social characteristics. Their personalities directly complement each other, and they always spend long hours just playing and hanging out together. Since their first encounter, they’ve earned somewhat of a celebrity status, if that exists for animals.

Well, at least the cheetah is better than those common, nasty house cats, right?