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Old 01-09-2005, 01:38 AM
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A BABY hippopotamus, swept into the Indian Ocean by the tsunami, is finally coming out of his shell thanks to the love of a 120-year-old tortoise.

Owen, a 300kg, one-year-old hippo, was swept down the Sabaki River, into the ocean and then back to shore when the giant waves struck the Kenyan coast.

The dehydrated hippo was found by wildlife rangers and taken to the Haller Park animal facility in the port city of Mombasa.

Pining for his lost mother, Owen quickly befriended a giant male Aldabran tortoise named Mzee - Swahili for "old man".

Haller Park ecologist Paula Kahumbu said the pair were now inseparable.
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awwwwwwwwwww! they make such a cute couple!
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awwwwwwwwwww! they make such a cute couple!
HAHA! That sounds so paedephilic! A 120 yo with a 1 yo! NOOOOOOOO! :p

But they are cute! So tortoises and hippoes speak the same language?
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What do you get if you cross an elephant and a rhinoceros?

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