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Move over Milo and Otis!

The farm has some new best friends 4 Evsies.

Cows have best friends and become stressed if they are separated, according to research.

In the study cattle were penned on their own, with their best friend or with another cow they did not know for 30 minutes and their heart rates were measured at 15-second intervals.

The research showed cows were very social animals which often formed close bonds with friends in their herd.

Krista McLennan, who made the discovery while working on her PhD at Northampton University, said:

'If we can encourage farmers to keep an eye out for those cows which like to keep their friends with them, it could have some real benefits, such as improving their milk yields and reducing stress for the animals, which is very important for their welfare."

So it turns out happy cows do make happy cheese!

Question: when a cow gets dumped does her bff bring over ice cream? Somehow we don't think so.

Tags: animals, bff, cattle, cover, cow, farmer, happy, milk, research, science, social

A bird and a cat are bffs!

Fum the black cat and Gebra the barn owl have been playing together for some time.

Watch this clip to see the odd couple cuddle and chase each other. Sometimes it's a bit scary - like at 1:47 when it looks like Fum is about to pounce. But then the animals just end up playing the cutest game of tag ever.

Seeing them has brought back our hope that maybe there can be peace in the middle east, and that Lindsay with someday be sober!

Tags: animals, bff, bird, black cat, chase, clip, cute, movie, playing, scary, watch

We've been bfs for ages… literally.

Researchers have discovered that the French were domesticating dogs in prehistoric times (about 15,000 years ago), far earlier than previously thought.

They would use poodle-like animals as hunting partners and to keep them warm when they sheltered in caves.

The researchers said that the dogs would have been below about 17inches in height, the same size as today’s poodles, beagles and cockers.

They said the animal could have been domesticated from small wolves, although diet and climate could have accounted for their small size.

But the relationship wasn’t always so healthy for man’s best friend - the French ate them too and used their fur for clothing.

So yeah…. not quite the same.

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: bff, clothing, dog, dogs, domesticated, fur, hunting, research, science, scientists