Hippo and Tortoise

by ryan on January 7th, 2005

Baby hippo and adopted “mother,” a 120-year-old Kenyan sanctuary tortoise: picture one, picture two.

The hippo survived the tsunami and has been inseparable from the tortoise since then. Seriously, how cute is that?

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Jodi permalink

Insanely adorable. This sort of stuff moves me like NOTHING else!
Jen permalink

Hey :) I stumbled across your site a few days ago and have been checking it out – I love it! It’s great to hear another vegan voicing their thoughts. I am vegetarian of 8 years and vegan of 2.
I can say with certainty i will be a regular on this site :) Keep up the good work!

And the hippo & tortoise…. aaaawwwww! :) Im glad it found a mummy!
paula permalink

It’s such a great story.Check out http://www.lafargeecosystems.com for more pictures and the hippo’s amazing diary!
sofia permalink

the baby hippo is so cute

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