{"id":2274,"date":"2012-01-17T11:45:26","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T19:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=2274"},"modified":"2012-01-17T11:45:26","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T19:45:26","slug":"found-in-the-stacks-series-unlikely-friendships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/found-in-the-stacks-series-unlikely-friendships\/","title":{"rendered":"Found in the Stacks by Rebecca West: &quot;Unlikely Friendships&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2012\/01\/Unlikely-Friendships.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2277\" style=\"margin-left: 7px;margin-right: 7px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2012\/01\/Unlikely-Friendships.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>If the proliferation of viral videos starring baby sloths  getting a bath or cats playing with cardboard boxes has taught us  anything, it is that we all love cute animals doing adorable things. In  Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom,  author Jennifer S. Holland highlights several \u201csquee!\u201d-inducing  cross-species companion stories accompanied by beautiful full-color  photographs. Featured sets of animal buddies include a dachshund and a  piglet, an orangutan and a kitten, and a trio of cubs \u2013 a lion, a tiger,  and a bear (oh my!). Some well-known accounts, such as Koko, the  sign-language proficient gorilla and her kitty, All Ball, are also among  the highlighted pairs. Stories of animals bonding and overcoming  traumatic experiences with the help of unlikely companions remind us  that the desire for company and friendship is not limited to humankind  and animals are truly capable of amazing things. And they are super cute  while doing so!!\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <em>&#8211; Rebecca West<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>***<br \/>\n<\/span>Have you found an intriquing item in our stacks that you want to share  with other library users?  Then just fill out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/academics\/academic-resources\/collins-memorial-library\/found-in-stacks-form\/\">Found in the Stacks form<\/a> and we will  consider posting in on the Inside Collins blog and on our web page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the proliferation of viral videos starring baby sloths getting a bath or cats playing with cardboard boxes has taught us anything, it is that we all love cute animals doing adorable things. In Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/found-in-the-stacks-series-unlikely-friendships\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recommended-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}