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[โ€“] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ive heard stories about people taking in bobcat kittens before realizing. But the story that takes the cake is someone raising a dog for years before realizing it was a fucking bear.

https://abc11.com/pets-animals/woman-unknowingly-rescues-bobcat-thinking-it-was-kitten/5570293/

https://people.com/pets/pet-dog-is-bear-not-tibetan-mastiff/