The Old Man and Owen

[erikred]

A baby hippo rescued after floods in Kenya last week has befriended a 100-year-old tortoise in Kenya.


Owen, the one-year-old hippo, and Mzee (Swahili for "old man"), the 100-year-old tortoise. Too cool.

Comments

[eumenide.livejournal.com]

That pictures makes me giddy, really. I like hippos and tortoises so much.

Not that I'm ignoring the horrible results of the floods. I just like hippos and tortoises and made families.

[erikred.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping our very own ctiee will make a painting out of this or something similar.

[eumenide.livejournal.com]

O, that would be nice, I think. Hippolove!

[ophymirage.livejournal.com]

that is just incredibly cute. :-) my favorite part of the article, though, is the last sentence:

'In 2002, a lioness at Samburu National Park adopted a succession of baby oryx.'

"Adopting", or "farming", you decide. :-)

[erikred.livejournal.com]

Hee, hee. This reminds me of a story they tell at the Wild Animal Park, down in San Diego: Apparently, the local deer had figured out that they could easily hop the fences and get into the more exotic animals' feed troughs. The deer then discovered that the shortest way to get in was through the lion enclosure. The first time a deer jumped the fence into that enclosure, the lion just sat still and let it be. Same thing for the second, third, etc. After a while, the deer came to view the lion enclosure as safe passage. And that's when the lion very nonchalantly took one down.

Clever creatures, those lions.

[boegle.livejournal.com]

OHMYGOD. So sweet. That kinda hurts... especially because they are due to be separated...

[erikred.livejournal.com]

Ah, but it's the love you have when you have it that counts, right? You can, of course, expect to see Owen in a Discovery Channel special in about 5 years, when the young hipppo starts tracking down tortoises in the wild....

[glitter-ninja.livejournal.com]

How cute! They're so sweet. That hippo is going to be one big critter when he gets out of the toddler years.