Life can be extremely hard and difficult for a homeless dog on its own. In spite of being through the worst of times, Wunderdog Maggie has kept her loving and caring nature undamaged.

Maggie was found tied to a box, blind, with one ear cut off, and shot 17 times with a gun in Lebanon. In spite of in this pitiable condition, the courage she showed has earned her the nickname of Maggie the Wunderdog.

She was turned over to a UK based life-saving group, Wild at Heart Foundation by the person who saved her, and was taken to England to recover and find a forever home. Her story was seen by Kasey Carlin, the young lady immediately decided to adopt(收养) her. Maggie the Wunderdog went home to stay with Kasey who can’t stop admiring Maggie’s kind nature.

“The way she gives her entire heart to strangers. The way she has forgiven people, when the last thing she saw in this world was a human,” Kasey says. “I think that has to be the most amazing thing about her. I still can’t explain how she has managed to forgive like that.”

Maggie has played an important part in Kasey’s life as she has helped her get well from her anxiety and depression(抑郁) and her difficulty in connecting with people. The dog’s beautiful spirit has changed everything. “She is the piece I never knew was missing,” Kasey explains.

Kasey was suffering from depression in her life and it was because of Maggie, she got a chance to meet new people. She says she cannot walk down the road with Maggie without making new friends.

Maggie is spending her days doing good to everyone she meets. “She doesn’t need eyes because she’s learned to see with her heart,” Kasey says.

Scientists did a study about snakes at Wilfrid Laurier University, in Canada. We may think snakes are loners. Actually they may not be the loners. Scientists found that snakes actively search for other snakes to spend time with. Simply put, snakes have friends.

The study joins a growing body of research. They all show that friendships among animals could be more common than we thought.

The scientists used 40 snakes to do an experiment. These snakes often live in the southeastern United States. The snakes were tested for personalities such as shyness. Scientists put them into an enclosure（围墙）, ten of them at one time. The enclosure had four little house-like structures（建筑物）in it. For eight days, scientists watched the snakes traveling from house to house. Once a while, they took a snake out of the traveling from house to house. Once a while, they took a snake out of the enclosure, then put it back in a different structure. The researchers noticed something interesting: No matter where they put the snakes, the snakes found a way to rejoin their “friends”. It means that snakes “have social understanding”. They can tell others apart. And they choose who they want to be with.

Why would snakes need friends? It could be for protection. It’s unlikely they’re looking for someone to play video games with.