100 Year-old tortoise and baby hippo have developed a mother-son relationship. Who do you think needs this relationship more?


A-less-than-a-year-old baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami has adopted a century old male tortoise. The traumatized hippo who had lost its mother had to look for a surrogate mother.

"The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it followed its mother. somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother", explains ecologist Paula Kahumbu, and adds: "The tortoise seems to be very happy with being a mother".



100 Year-old tortoise and baby hippo have developed a mother-son relationship. Who do you think needs this relationship more?


Feb 10th, 2008 | Animals survey
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Dreamer2449
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posted Oct 18th, 2010 at 14:03 CDT

Amazing Grace of nature!

Drowlord
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Texas, United States

posted Sep 8th, 2008 at 17:58 CDT

Owen and Mzee, I presume?  I have this book for my kids.

Sexysecrets
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Zimbabwe

posted Mar 22nd, 2008 at 13:05 CDT

How sweet!

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