Description
Original Airdate02/16/2024
The filmmakers explore the uncommon friendships between people and their unusual wild pets and their fascinating backstories.
My Best Friend's An Animal
Where to watch My Best Friend's An Animal
- Free On Demand on National Geographic Wild
Season 1
6. Jasper, Terry, and Gumbo
Air Date 03/23/2024
Embracing an invasive nutria who's become a part of the family; paddling around with Gumbo the goose; visiting a blind hedgehog and his human chum; exploring a swimmer's bond with wild gray seals.
5. Penny, Chunk, and Faith
Air Date 03/16/2024
Visiting Penny the pigeon and her rescuer; getting a buzz from a refugee who finds comfort in beekeeping; diving with a shark dancer.
4. Toto, Banksi and Lucy
Air Date 02/01/2024
Flapping around with Banksy the fruit bat and his human surrogate mom; eyeing a mischievous emu; celebrating a pig's rescue-versary; touring manatee heaven; learning to speak baboon with Dingani.
3. Spud, Digger, and Tommy
Air Date 02/15/2024
Exploring the softer side of Tasmanian devils; meeting a pioneering sea turtle and enjoying family dinner with Buttons, the deer; playing football with a bull.
2. Bandit, Max, and George
Air Date 02/23/2024
Cockatoos and platypuses inspire new careers; a shared trauma bonds a human and an elephant for life; George the turkey vulture gets playful; a farewell to human-raised kangaroos.
1. Sammi, Rose, and Casey
Air Date 02/16/2024
Roaming across America with a road-tripping chicken and meeting a mouse family living in an English garden; beating arachnophobia with a spider's help; trekking with the guardian of Earth's last two northern white rhinos.