Stubborn Outer Banks mule meets new roommate at a farm. The result is surprising
Getting along with a new roommate can be tough — especially if you just won’t budge.
But when animals from two stubborn species started living together, they actually got along, a North Carolina rescue group posted Wednesday on Facebook.
Sonny the goat and Raymond the mule have become friends on a farm near the Outer Banks, the post said.
“They’ve now figured each other out and have been getting along quite well,” the Corolla Wild Horse Fund wrote in its post.
For years, the rescue has been keeping up with Raymond, a beloved misfit.
He famously was the only mule living with a herd of wild horses that roam freely near the coast, The News & Observer has reported.
Though the mule fit in with the other animals, he sometimes showed his strong-willed nature.
When he got too sick to walk in 2018, he proved to be “too stubborn to die,” the herd manager told The Observer.
And once, rescuers thought he was dead because he just wouldn’t get up from the middle of the beach, according to a Facebook post from September.
A month later, the rescue says it took Raymond to its rehabilitation farm.
Now, he “may have actually met his match,” the Corolla Wild Horse Fund says.
“Sonny isn’t scared of a thing, and didn’t let Raymond’s initial not-so-friendly ‘hello’ bother him in the slightest,” the group wrote.
A photo even shows the buddies eating together on the farm.
“We’re thrilled Raymond has a friend and thankful to Sonny’s previous family for trusting us with his care,” according to the Facebook post.
This story was originally published January 9, 2020 at 4:18 PM with the headline "Stubborn Outer Banks mule meets new roommate at a farm. The result is surprising."
