Comments | wtf_nature: 100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo

robotdeer in wtf_nature

100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo

Feb 09, 2008 02:37

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mammal, reptile, hippo, tortoise

Comments 7

shade_o_matic February 9 2008, 10:51:45 UTC

Cute overload. Neat story.

neofox February 9 2008, 11:20:05 UTC

Haha! XD Wow, now I've seen everything. Awesome.

ningerbil February 9 2008, 11:22:40 UTC

This has been the subject of a couple of children's books, including the excellent "Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship." A sweet story, out of a terrible tragedy.

duowolf February 9 2008, 13:02:56 UTC

I remember reading about this in the paper a while back. So cute.

fireburntwater February 9 2008, 14:57:41 UTC

they are both smiling!! <3