2 STORIES THAT WILL MAKE YOU SMILE

AN ORANGUTAN AND A DOG HAVE BECOME BEST FRIENDS AT AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY IN SOUTH CAROLINA:

Two years ago, a Blue Tick hound named Roscoe followed staff members back to an animal sanctuary called The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. And that's where Roscoe struck of a friendship with an orangutan named Suryia.

Now, Roscoe and Suryia are such good friends . . . that Suryia even takes Roscoe out for walks. (Daily Mail)

(Check out some photos of Suryia and Roscoe. . .)

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A SURFER RESCUED A KANGAROO FROM DROWNING IN THE OCEAN:

On Tuesday, 48-year-old Neil McCallum of eastern Australia was at the beach with his 15-year-old son, Jazz, when they spotted a kangaroo out in the ocean . . . that was caught in a riptide.

So Neil grabbed his surfboard, waded out . . . and rescued the kangaroo from drowning. (Courier Mail)

(--Check out a photo of Neil and the kangaroo. . .)