The interaction among organisms within or between overlapping niches can be characterized into five types of relationships: competition, predation, commensalism, mutualism and parasitism Yet, sometimes it's simply curiosity (even if not always mutual)

The nonmutual curiosity is always funny to watch

The prairie dogs are typically very skittish, these guys must have been friends as pups to have this interaction

Always feels like there's that one neighbor constantly stopping you every time you're mowing to ask how it's going and shoot the breeze! You're busy trying to dig a hole and the guy won't stop interrupting you to yak!

Agreed! To me, curiosity is the most powerful form of connection - it opens up the opportunity to learn and create something new.

This is the "Mom and Dad told me to take care of the problem in the back yard but I would rather play with and be friends with the problem instead" behavior

Curiosity you say?

We only know love until we learn to hate.

When I was a kid

the start of a new friendship?

you have to hand it to him...that dog is 20 times his size and he is not the least bit afraid 💯🙂