It turns out that some of nature's fiercest predators are also best buds in real life.

An animal sanctuary in Georgia called Noah's Ark is home to one of the unlikeliest friendships we've ever come across in the form of a lion, a tiger and a bear. The three animals go by the names of Leo the lion, Baloo the bear and Shere Khan the tiger, or BLT as they're known to the world now, and they have been mates for nearly 13 years. 

They were found as cubs in the basement of a drug dealer's home in Atlanta, according to NBC News, and given that these are animals that would normally never meet in the wild or be kept together in most zoos, Noah's Ark is confident this is the only BLT in the world. 

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Via the Today Show