Orphaned deer and her pigeon friend star in their own live-action 'Bambi' remake

A worthy addition to the canon of YouTube-captured unlikely animal friendships, baby deer Faline (named after Bambi's girlfriend, derh!) and her pigeon buddy are here to brighten your loveless day.

Wildlife worker Jess Barkley from Sydney, Australia, is the director of this cinematic homage to all that is good and pure — shooting the pair together after privately rescuing the orphaned deer from hunters.

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"We assume that mum was shot — people hunt deer in Australia," she told Mashable Australia.

"They told us that they found her while they were fishing but they also told us two different locations of where they found her, so we put two and two together."

Faline was only a couple of days old when Jess rescued her, and had to be fed every couple of hours, around the clock. It was during this time that a native Australian pigeon Jess was hand-raising began taking a special interest in the adorable deer.

"He was coming in and out of the house as he pleased, and they got along quite well. They used to snuggle together and the pigeon would follow her around and groom her."

But the unlikely friendship was to be as impermanent as it was heartbreakingly cute, with Faline being moved to a less-urban property in Mudgee, where she can chill and graze with other animal pals.

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Mr. Pigeon was sad to see his four-legged buddy leave. “He would go to the bed where they used to hang out together and just go to sleep there,” says Jess. Sad face!

But don't worry. As she added, "He's been released now, so hopefully he's forgotten all about it."