Zookeepers at Tokyo’s Mutsugoro Okoku zoo presented the hamster — whose name [Gohan] is a tasty rice dish in Japanese — to Aochan as a snack in October, after the snake refused to eat frozen mice.

But instead of indulging, Aochan decided to make friends with the furry rodent, according to keeper Kazuya Yamamoto. The pair have shared a cage since.

A more interesting picture would be that of an engineering manager befriending a sales manager. At least the sales manager is represented here though I’m not sure which is which…

:)

(via MSNBC’s Animal Tracks)