Wojciechow (Poland): A sheep dog is seen nursing a newborn Lion cub just like one of her own.
But the Lion cub demands more food than his puppy playmates.
The lion cub was seen abandoned by his parents just after its birth and fortunately found an unlikely new parent – a shaggy-haired sheepdog called Carmen.
The lion cub Parys was born at a small zoo in the eastern Polish town of Wojciechow to one mother who showed no interest in nursing him while the father who gave him one lick, turned his nose up and walked off.
The Sheep dog Carmen was already busy with her own recently born five puppies but one more was not at all a burden to her.
Since then, Parys has been cuddling up to her adoptive mum alongside his new brothers and sisters.
Since Parys is a very different creature, it demands more food than the puppies and has been getting extra meals to make him get satisfied.

Video on the sheep dog which acts as a step mother for the Lion cub