Larry and Cricket

Cricket the Golden Retriever and Larry the Tortoise are the adorable Instagram stars better known as Larry and Cricket. Their heart-warming Instagram feed has won over fans with their touching, fun-loving videos and photographs, and the cute pair has generated a media storm with stories in Animal Planet, National Geographic and Buzzfeed, as well as appearing on nationally broadcast news around the globe.

Professional animal photographer Christine Hill has captured their loving friendship and daily adventures over the last four years, and the animal chums are now starring in the first book in the Larry and Cricket series named Larry and Cricket: An Unlikely Friendship, which tells the true story of how Cricket the dog discovered Larry. In-demand for product endorsements, various advertising campaigns and personal appearances, Larry and Cricket are the biggest animal stars of the new decade.

Also an activist and animal rescuer, photographer Christine Hill grew up surrounded by wombats, horses and kangaroos in rural Australia. Her successful Instagram feed @fozzcook has grown to more than 166k followers, with fans drawn to the amusing and touching stories of Larry and Cricket. In addition to ensuring Larry and Cricket’s army of followers get their daily fix of the pair’s adventures, she also looks after many more animals and her two boys.

Larry and Cricket are so popular they now have their own personal website to celebrate their unlikely and real life friendship, and fans can also buy a range of merchandise featuring the sweet animal friends.