She craves his attention.
Meet Atlas, a spirited gray rescue cat with an unlikely best friend.
Every morning, Atlas runs downstairs, heads straight for her pal’s enclosure and curiously pokes her face up to the glass. Inevitably, her playmate will stick his scaly green head out of the tank and poke a tiny pink tongue out to give Atlas a kiss on the head.
That’s right, Atlas’ best friend and brother is a lizard — a prehensile-tailed skink named Junior.
Like any good friends, Atlas and Junior have changed each other for the better.
“When they’re apart, they act very differently than when they’re together,” the pair’s mom, Mallory, an animal expert and conservationist, said in a video for The Dodo. “Atlas loves to be mischievous. But for some reason, when she’s around Junior, she just becomes this very calm cat.”
Junior, on the other hand, is typically a territorial lizard, who’s wary of having others in his space. But when he’s with Atlas, Junior has no problem letting his guard down.
“He turns into this super derpy little lizard,” Mallory said.
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It’s easy to see the affection that Junior and Atlas have for each other. Together forever, this surprising duo are living their best lives.
“They’re in love with each other,” Mallory said. “I think that’s just so sweet.”