Two adorable raccoons met and almost immediately formed the sweetest bond.

Human beings are not designed to do and live life alone. They are meant to have relationships and connections with others. Understandably, some people are more introverted than others, so they prefer being alone more than an extrovert. However, that still doesn’t diminish the need to establish and maintain those connections and bonds with others.

It appears humans aren’t the only beings on Earth who need these relationships and connections. Like humans, animals need community and to be connected with other cute, furry, four-legged creatures. It would only make sense, right? No one wants to feel or be alone. We all want and have a need for belonging and togetherness.

In a clip posted on YouTube, a woman who rescued an orphaned raccoon (yes, you read that right) could sense that Louie, the raccoon, who was happy and enjoying life, felt like something was missing.

“But I could see Louie getting a little frustrated that he didn’t have another animal to play with,” she said. “We realized what Louie was missing!”

So, understanding that Louie wanted a raccoon playmate, she took in another orphaned baby raccoon – Lucy.

“Louie needed a little sister, and it worked out perfectly,” she says.

The two raccoons became fast friends, with the woman in the clip describing the two raccoons as close as siblings.

“It’s almost like watching siblings play with each other,” she said. “From day one, Lucy has always been the boss of Louie.”

But playing and roughhousing together is not the only thing these two mischievous, best-of-friend raccoons do together. They also paint, creating works of art with one another (once again, yes, you read that correctly).

Louie took up the hobby first. The clip shows the animal excitedly dipping his paws into the paint and placing them on the canvas, creating pieces full of multi-colored raccoon paw prints. Well, then Lucy saw how much fun Louis was having and got in on the act.

Animals are incredible beings, and just like humans, they also apparently need and desire connections with others.

Proverbs 12:10 “An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evildoers are cruel.”