Real life animals are cuter than animated cartoons

Hunnybee sent me these charming photos of a real life Bambi with his friend Thumper. I did a bit of research about the photographer, wildlife Czech photographer Tanja Askani. There are more wonderful photos of other species on her website.

Tanja wrote on her website:

Walt Disney Studios produced the well-known children’s movie “Bambi” in 1942. It was based on the 1923 book, “Bambi, A Life in the Woods” by Felix Salten. In the book, Bambi was a European roe fawn. As part of the American book translation and the Disney movie version, Bambi turned into a North American whitetail deer.

As this picture series shows, fairytales and reality are often very closely related. There truly are animal friendships across species boundaries.

She also posted this video:



Thank you, Hunnybee, they're lovely!