The following photos were

taken by photographer Tanja Askani....

 Bambi &Thumper ......

really do exist! 

What an incredible photographer to have caught these shots...

German photographer Tanja Askani has quite a portfolio of outstanding animal pictures, but this series is simply irresistible.

Disney in real life: Bambi and Thumper!

May you always have Love to Share, Health to Spare, 

And Friends that Care. 

The pictures weren't staged. The accompanying German text on these pages explains how the fawn's mother was killed shortly

before it's birth and the fawn was then raised in a rural town with help from townspeople (this part is not so clearly explained). The wild rabbit showed up one day. At first the two just grazed in the

same area and after a while got closer until they became "friends". They grazed together and kept each other company the

whole day, the rabbit built a nest next to the deer instead of burrowing and other cute stuff like that. The author (who is also the photographer) mentions that the two could have formed this friendship to be able to better protect themselves from predators by warning each other and also the deer helped the rabbit have

easier access to food in the winter.

The rest of the story is available here in German.http://www.tanja-askani.de/info/?p=18

Spoiler:

Eventually when the fawn was old enough it was sent to a park where it would be released into the wild. The second to last picture

shown here, shows how after the fawn had been anesthetized for easier transport and despite strange humans being around, the

rabbit went up to the deer and supported its sleepy head "as if it were saying goodbye"

___

Click…..

TrinityNovember 2009