The internet is full of wonderful - if unashamedly sentimental photos and film of bizare pairings of animals showing affection or nurturing each other. A chimp who cuddles baby tigers, cats sleeping with dogs, ducklings imprinted on puppies. Fawns and rabbits - I could go on. One of the animals is nearly always a
baby, so it is obviously linked to the maternal instict of the older animal. I've seen it referred to as 'inter species affection or nurturing, but I'm sure there must be a single Scientific Latin or Greek based word for this. Does anybody know of one? And would it begin with 'Zoo...'?