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i thought this was kinda sad but also cute in a way.... nevertheless, its a hippo getting along with a tortoise older than your oldest living grand-grandparent!
Tsunami-Surviving Baby Hippo Adopts Tortoise as Mom
Jan. 6, 2005 — A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsumani waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombasa, officials said on Thursday.
The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsumani waves struck the Kenyan coast on Dec. 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.
story here:
http://animal.discovery.com/news/af...60.789006474478
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