Tortoise and stray hippo form unlikely bond

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A 120-year-old giant tortoise living in a Kenyan sanctuary has become inseparable from a baby hippo rescued by game wardens, officials say.


The year-old hippo calf christened Owen was rescued last month, suffering from dehydration after being separated from his herd in a river that drains into the Indian Ocean.


"When we released Owen into the enclosure, he lumbered to the tortoise which has a dark grey colour similar to grown up hippos," Sabine Baer, rehabilitation and ecosystems manager at the park, told Reuters on Thursday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A 120-year-old giant tortoise living in a Kenyan sanctuary has become inseparable from a baby hippo rescued by game wardens, officials say.


The year-old hippo calf christened Owen was rescued last month, suffering from dehydration after being separated from his herd in a river that drains into the Indian Ocean.


"When we released Owen into the enclosure, he lumbered to the tortoise which has a dark grey colour similar to grown up hippos," Sabine Baer, rehabilitation and ecosystems manager at the park, told Reuters on Thursday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A 120-year-old giant tortoise living in a Kenyan sanctuary has become inseparable from a baby hippo rescued by game wardens, officials say.


The year-old hippo calf christened Owen was rescued last month, suffering from dehydration after being separated from his herd in a river that drains into the Indian Ocean.


"When we released Owen into the enclosure, he lumbered to the tortoise which has a dark grey colour similar to grown up hippos," Sabine Baer, rehabilitation and ecosystems manager at the park, told Reuters on Thursday.

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Bet they are both male, and the tortoise just "came out of his shell"

Bet they are both male, and the tortoise just "came out of his shell"

Bet they are both male, and the tortoise just "came out of his shell"

With the tortoise being 120yrs old and the hippo only 1yrs old does that make the tortoise a cougar?

With the tortoise being 120yrs old and the hippo only 1yrs old does that make the tortoise a cougar?

With the tortoise being 120yrs old and the hippo only 1yrs old does that make the tortoise a cougar?

WTF? twila you need help...and thats crazy...i want to live to 120+....

WTF? twila you need help...and thats crazy...i want to live to 120+....

WTF? twila you need help...and thats crazy...i want to live to 120+....