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Posted by occrider on Jan-06-2005 18:08:

The ultimate chick magnet ... better than a dog




quote:

Tortoise Adopts Stray Hippo at Sanctuary

Thu Jan 6, 9:55 AM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters



NAIROBI (Reuters) - A 120-year-old giant tortoise living in a Kenyan sanctuary has become inseparable from a baby hippo rescued by game wardens, officials said on Thursday.


Reuters Photo



The year-old hippo calf christened Owen was rescued last month, suffering from dehydration after being separated from his herd in a river that drains into the Indian Ocean.


"When we released Owen into the enclosure, he lumbered to the tortoise which has a dark gray color similar to grown up hippos," Sabine Baer, rehabilitation and ecosystems manager at the park, told Reuters.


She said the hippo's chances of survival in another herd were very slim, predicting that a dominant male would have killed him.


However, Owen's relationship with the Aldabran tortoise named Mzee, Swahili for old man, may end soon. The sanctuary plans to place Owen with Cleo, a lonely female hippo.


Now where can I get an ugly ass baby hippo?


Posted by jonze on Jan-06-2005 19:25:

quote:
She said the hippo's chances of survival in another herd were very slim, predicting that a dominant male would have killed him.


the hippo mafia makes its presence known


Posted by Dj Dovla on Jan-07-2005 00:04:

ohh that is so cute .. I have a similar story, when I was younger I used to deliver flyers for a pizzeria around the hood, well it included alot of walking, so one day there was a mild storm that hit the city and did break couple of trees here and there but nothing major, so I was doing my routine walking from house to house when a little baby squirrel started following me , and everytime I stopped it would sit on my shoe , which were old rodman converse basketball shoes

so I guess, its mother was lost or killed, I don't know, so it started following the next best resembling thing, kinda like that hippo ..




Posted by Gauss on Jan-07-2005 00:17:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj Dovla
ohh that is so cute .. I have a similar story, when I was younger I used to deliver flyers for a pizzeria around the hood, well it included alot of walking, so one day there was a mild storm that hit the city and did break couple of trees here and there but nothing major, so I was doing my routine walking from house to house when a little baby squirrel started following me , and everytime I stopped it would sit on my shoe , which were old rodman converse basketball shoes

so I guess, its mother was lost or killed, I don't know, so it started following the next best resembling thing, kinda like that hippo ..





I wish that happened to me... I'd take that squirrel as my pet and I'd molly coddie it, and I'd cuddle it...

But really, squirrel sitting on your shoe whenever you stopped walking... How cute.


Posted by Zombie0729 on Jan-07-2005 00:41:

have you seen my puppy? do you understand the girls that come up to me in the grocery store?


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Posted by Billabong on Jan-07-2005 00:43:

Surely you people arnt all that ugly with crap personalities. BTW these girls will be fussing over the cute little animals and you wont get any


Posted by MrSquirrel on Jan-07-2005 00:46:

Re: The ultimate chick magnet ... better than a dog

quote:
Originally posted by occrider





Now where can I get an ugly ass baby hippo?

In many parts of the midwest, and the south for that matter, you can find all kinds of women that look alarmingly like a baby hippo.

MrS


Posted by generic on Jan-07-2005 01:38:

Re: Re: The ultimate chick magnet ... better than a dog

quote:
Originally posted by MrSquirrel
In many parts of the midwest, and the south for that matter, you can find all kinds of women that look alarmingly like a baby hippo.

MrS


and you're the matching squirrel the other guy was talking about?

strangely the hippo looks cute, and a dog with blue eyes is freaky

i didn't read any of the long posts


Posted by smokeape on Jan-07-2005 04:37:

OK, before you guys start posting friggin' animals out here.
Post something really cute.



And I'm being nice for a change.


[[[smoke]]]

Kyau vs Albert - Falling Anywhere


Posted by Dj Dovla on Jan-07-2005 07:09:

quote:
But really, squirrel sitting on your shoe whenever you stopped walking... How cute


yeah its so true .. I didn't know what to do, it followed me for couple of houses, I was thinking of running away from it, cuz what the hell am I gonna go with a squirrel but then some ppl stopped on the side of the street called the animal refuge agency and I guess they took it somewhere later, but I'll always remember that, it was so cute ..



Posted by stevebutabi on Jan-07-2005 17:06:

wait till that baby hippo grows up. most dangerous animal in africa.... though maybe if you neutered it... i dunno

i just got back from kenya and i can tell you they're fucking aggressive!


Posted by ini on Jan-07-2005 17:30:

quote:
most dangerous animal in africa....


i think u mean a rhino!!


Posted by Slylee on Jan-07-2005 17:34:

oh my god, that is the cutest thing!!


and yes, hippos are very dangerous and territorial. i wouldn't want to get chomped on by those things in their mouths! they're not even sharp teeth, they're like round cylinders or something, i saw them at the zoo. i'm sure rhinos are too, but so are hippos. they dont eat meat or anything, but they will attack.


Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Jan-07-2005 17:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj Dovla
ohh that is so cute .. I have a similar story, when I was younger I used to deliver flyers for a pizzeria around the hood, well it included alot of walking, so one day there was a mild storm that hit the city and did break couple of trees here and there but nothing major, so I was doing my routine walking from house to house when a little baby squirrel started following me , and everytime I stopped it would sit on my shoe , which were old rodman converse basketball shoes

so I guess, its mother was lost or killed, I don't know, so it started following the next best resembling thing, kinda like that hippo ..





Heh, cute story.

However, rocky mountain grey squirrels are whole a different rodent.

We were once camping in the mountains, and apparently we'd set up camp right in the middle of a colony of grey squirrels - they would grab medium-sized pinecones and rocks, climb 50 feet up into their trees, then drop the rocks and pinecones on us - it was harassment! Nobody got hurt, as we promptly set up a large tarp to protect our heads, but it was a real problem.

I once came across what seemed to be a male - I was walking around a corner and he was just waiting for me on a branch - peering into me. I stared him down for a minute, then crouched to pick up a rock, just to scare him away. I purposefull threw the rock towards to ground, just the distract him, in hopes that he would scamper off, but instead, he lunged off the branch and started running full-speed towards me - it was unreal! I didn't think squirrels could be that aggressive, but I guess I'm used to skiddish, complacent, suburban squirrels. As I was running away in full-panic, I looked over my shoulder to see if he was still after me. He ran for a few seconds, then scuttled off into the trees again - guess he realized who the real man was!
















Posted by Zombie0729 on Jan-07-2005 18:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Heh, cute story.

However, rocky mountain grey squirrels are whole a different rodent.

We were once camping in the mountains, and apparently we'd set up camp right in the middle of a colony of grey squirrels - they would grab medium-sized pinecones and rocks, climb 50 feet up into their trees, then drop the rocks and pinecones on us - it was harassment! Nobody got hurt, as we promptly set up a large tarp to protect our heads, but it was a real problem.

I once came across what seemed to be a male - I was walking around a corner and he was just waiting for me on a branch - peering into me. I stared him down for a minute, then crouched to pick up a rock, just to scare him away. I purposefull threw the rock towards to ground, just the distract him, in hopes that he would scamper off, but instead, he lunged off the branch and started running full-speed towards me - it was unreal! I didn't think squirrels could be that aggressive, but I guess I'm used to skiddish, complacent, suburban squirrels. As I was running away in full-panic, I looked over my shoulder to see if he was still after me. He ran for a few seconds, then scuttled off into the trees again - guess he realized who the real man was!

















LOL... ya know, i was all nervous about my test this morning but just when i think a little negative about it all there are people like you Halcyon+On+On who make me feel so much better about myself.


Posted by Flyboy217 on Jan-07-2005 21:22:

quote:
Originally posted by ini
i think u mean a rhino!!


Nope, hippo
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhippo.html


Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Jan-07-2005 21:26:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
LOL... ya know, i was all nervous about my test this morning but just when i think a little negative about it all there are people like you Halcyon+On+On who make me feel so much better about myself.


Hehehe - glad I could help.

I still keep an eye out for squirrels, even though they're just gator-bait here in Florida.


Posted by mndeg on Jan-07-2005 23:41:

why didnt you fight the squirrel like a man?
lol


Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Jan-08-2005 01:13:

Men fight squirrels?



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