Some honest to God feel-good stories for you all:
A baby hippo makes friends with a 100-year-old tortoise:
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4152447.stm Snake befriends a hamster offered to it as a snack:
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4627950.stm Lionness adopts third baby antelope:
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1905363.stm ETA: A whale in the Thames this morning:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4631396.stm