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Embracing an invasive nutria who's become a part of the family; paddling around with Gumbo the goose; visiting a blind hedgehog and his human chum; exploring a swimmer's bond with wild gray seals.

My Best Friend's An Animal

Jasper, Terry, and Gumbo

Visiting Penny the pigeon and her rescuer; getting a buzz from a refugee who finds comfort in beekeeping; diving with a shark dancer.

Penny, Chunk, and Faith

Flapping around with Banksi the fruit bat and his human surrogate mom; eyeing a mischievous emu; celebrating a pig's rescue-versary; touring manatee heaven; learning to speak baboon with Dingani.

Toto, Banksi and Lucy

Exploring the softer side of Tasmanian devils; meeting a pioneering sea turtle and enjoying family dinner with Buttons, the deer; playing football with a bull.

Spud, Digger, and Tommy

Cockatoos and platypuses inspire new careers; a shared trauma bonds a human and an elephant for life; George the turkey vulture gets playful; a farewell to human-raised kangaroos.

Bandit, Max, and George

Roaming across America with a road-tripping chicken and meeting a mouse family living in an English garden; beating arachnophobia with a spider's help; trekking with the guardian of Earth's last two northern white rhinos.

Sammi, Rose, and Casey

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