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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sri_lion" data-source="post: 68585" data-attributes="member: 4103">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 animalfacility in the port city of Mombassa , officials said<img src="http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/17/223855/Animal_Love/ATT996503.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />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 tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26,  before wildlife rangers rescued him.<img src="http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/17/223855/Animal_Love/ATT996504.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />"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 of      Lafarge Park , told AFP.<img src="http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/17/223855/Animal_Love/ATT996505.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />"After it was swept and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It hadto look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately, it landed onthe 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 <img src="http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/17/223855/Animal_Love/ATT996506.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />"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 forfour years," he explained.<img src="http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/17/223855/Animal_Love/ATT996507.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This is a real story that shows that our differences don't matter much    when we need the comfort of another.  We could all learn a lesson from    these two creatures of God, Look beyond the differences and find a way towalk the path together. <img src="http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/17/223855/Animal_Love/ATT996509.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Source : AFP</blockquote>

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