I thin my daughter has some type of weird connection with animals. When I take her for walks we often end up going through my brother's barn. There is a deer skull that hangs on the wall in there and most people would never even notice it, nor even know exactly what it was if they did.
But ever since the first time I took her through there she started waving to it.
My wife didn't believe me so I had her come in there with us and it is one of the oddest things. I sure hope she grows up to become and animal lover like her father.