Orangutan and Blue Tick Dog

The odd couple: How an orang-utan and stray dog became best friends... and landed a slot on Oprah

Suryia the orang-utan and Roscoe a Blue Tick hound became friends when they crossed paths at a South Carolina sanctuary for endangered animals. Now they swim together, play together and Suryia even takes the dog for his walks.

"We're going on Oprah, bitch!"

Dr Bhagavan Antle, founder of TIGERS (T: Chinese zodiac 2010) said: 'Roscoe looked really thin and a little lost so we fed him and took care of him.