07-25-2007, 02:37 PM
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Her owner Norio Endo had bought a pair of spot-billed duck eggs from alocal farmer in Sugito village in Japan. However, when they hatched heshut his cat Hiroko in the same room as the ducklings by mistake.
Mr Endo returned fearing the worst, but found the unusual trio snuggledtogether and Hiroko looking after the fowl as if they were her own.
The caring feline, who had recently lost three kittens, had chosen toadopt them. She gently grooms her feathery friends and allows them tocuddle up for warmth. What a purrfect family!
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Moggy is a purrfect mother to feathery family
At first glance it looks like these ducklings don't stand a chanceof survival. But this three-year-old moggie is not eyeing up a tastysnack. Instead she has become their surrogate mother.Her owner Norio Endo had bought a pair of spot-billed duck eggs from alocal farmer in Sugito village in Japan. However, when they hatched heshut his cat Hiroko in the same room as the ducklings by mistake.
Mr Endo returned fearing the worst, but found the unusual trio snuggledtogether and Hiroko looking after the fowl as if they were her own.
The caring feline, who had recently lost three kittens, had chosen toadopt them. She gently grooms her feathery friends and allows them tocuddle up for warmth. What a purrfect family!
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