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LaurenExp
Waiting patiently for baby sis
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Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
Tsunami Orphaned Baby Hippo & its Turtle Mom
A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami 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 Mombassa, officials said .
The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.
"It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother'," ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge Lafarge Park, told AFP.
"After it was swept and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately, it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep together," the ecologist added. "The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it follows its mother. If somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother," Kahumbu added. "The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for four years," he explained.
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Shroggie
Don't Worry...Be Happy
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
That is the sweetest story...so cute
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| Posted 4/19/07 2:27 PM |
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Tracey
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Tracey - brideinapril
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
Awwww, what a sweet story.
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| Posted 4/19/07 2:27 PM |
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chelle
It's a Good Life
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Isn't it obvious?
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
YES!! This is my favorite story 
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| Posted 4/19/07 2:28 PM |
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Stacey1403
Where it all began....
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
*sniff
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| Posted 4/19/07 2:29 PM |
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alisonggg
Cutie
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
I love this story as well...It always makes me tear up
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| Posted 4/19/07 2:30 PM |
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CaseyGirl
Mommy to 3 Boys :)
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Jen - counting my blessings...
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
I love that story!! I find tortoises fascinating...they are like mini-dinosaurs.
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| Posted 4/19/07 2:33 PM |
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TreAnt427
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Tracy
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
So cute! It's kind of like Ice Age 
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| Posted 4/19/07 2:36 PM |
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KGools
Happy
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Kim
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
The hippo is totally smiling in this picture!
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| Posted 4/19/07 2:58 PM |
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GioiaMia
Let's Go Rangers!
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
that is such a nice story!
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| Posted 4/19/07 3:00 PM |
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Lisa
I'm a PANK!!!
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Professional Aunts No Kids
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
what a beautiful story!!!
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| Posted 4/19/07 3:11 PM |
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evenedan
Need a little sunshine
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
Awwww! I love this story.
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| Posted 4/19/07 3:56 PM |
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MelToddJulia
Love my Family!
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Mel
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
Awwww, too cute!!
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| Posted 4/19/07 4:00 PM |
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Jenziba
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Jennifer
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
How cute is that...awwwww....
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| Posted 4/19/07 5:43 PM |
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SweetestOfPeas
J'taime Paris!
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| Posted 4/19/07 5:45 PM |
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lvdolphins
My Loves!
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| Posted 4/19/07 5:51 PM |
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Bri
I Love You to Pieces!
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Brianne
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Re: Anyone ever see this story? I love it...heard it the other day...
aaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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| Posted 4/19/07 8:01 PM |
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