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Mandy


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Holy moly! This is so cute.
http://www.floristone.com/hippopotamus-tortoise.html

hip-tort-3.jpgA baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa , officials said The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.

It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother'," ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park , told AFP.

hip-tort-1.jpgAfter it was swept away and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately , it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep together," the ecologist added. "The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it followed its mother. somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother," Kahumbu added.

The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for four years," he explained.

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This is also super cute.
http://puppyintraining.com/dogs-other-animals/dachshund-acts-as-mom-to-baby-piglet/

Dachshund Acts As Mom To Baby Piglet

I came across this great email today about a piglet named Pink who was adopted by a Dachshund and her litter of puppies. This one reminds of yesterdays article about Cashew and Libby the seeing eye cat. Once again an animal that knows what needs to be done and takes this little piglet and treats him as if he was won of her own.

Heres the story straight from my email:

This new mom is also fostering this piglet for another mom who couldnt take care of him. He had his eyes closed, but now they are open. He is just a little bigger than her other pups. She loves this little guy more than the other puppies and she is nursing him back to health. He is the cleanest puppy ever because she licks him all the time.

This is Pink short for Pig and Tink (Tink is the mother Dachshund).

Pink The Piglet 1

Pink and the puppies nursing.

Pink The Piglet nursing with puppies

He nurses all the time.

Pink The Piglet nursing some more

Sleeping with his siblings.

Pink the Piglet sleeping with siblings

He is sooo cute!

Pink The Piglet being cute

Tink is very protective over Pink.

Pink the Piglet protected by mom

She keeps him close to her.

Pink The Piglet touching moms nose

The family sleeping zzzz.

Pink The Piglet sleeping

Its amazing to see animals of completely different species take care of one and other. We dont see it everyday, but a couple come to my mind including yesterdays story about Cashew and Libby the seeing eye cat and Ive also read about a 100 year old tortoise acting as mom to a hippo. These stories remind me of what were doing with Guide Dogs and how special it is for us to help create such a wonderful bond between dogs and humans.

(sorry for the post invasion, Mandy! just thought I'd help you out with the pics smile - D)



-- Edited by D at 13:09, 2008-02-29

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Kelly


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eee! the turtle/hippo are freaking adorable!!

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The dog and piglet is the cutest thing ever. The piglet and puppies sleeping in a pile makes my heart happy.

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It's all too cute! I love it when animals adopt different species!

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I love the idea of cute friday!

they are all so adorable (and it's hard for me to refer to a tortoise as adorable!)

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Too stinking cute! And it breaks my heart that the poor baby hippo lost his mommy cry.gif

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I'm so in love with that hippo story. Since I went to Africa I've been completely obsessed with hippos, they are the cutest animals ever and they make the funnies noises, like old men laughing. Thanks for sharing!

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Thanks for helping me out D. Its probably just operator error, but firefox never lets me post pictures.

I want a baby hippo now. Real bad. I would also like a hedgehog, a panda, and a baby piglet. I don't think thats asking too much.

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Speaking of hippos, did anyone else watch that documentary about Jessica the Hippo?  She has lived with a man and woman since she was a baby.  The best story ever!  She slept on the front porch every night after her owners gave her a nightly massage then covered her completely up (except for her nostrils) with a blanket.  The dogs even curled up with her at night.   I loved that documentary so much.

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I saw that one about Jessica the hippo!

But I'm wondering if a pig can thrive on dog milk. It has to be different nutritionally.

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Mandy wrote:

Sleeping with his siblings.

Pink the Piglet sleeping with siblings

He is sooo cute!

Pink The Piglet being cute

Tink is very protective over Pink.

Pink the Piglet protected by mom

She keeps him close to her.

Pink The Piglet touching moms nose

The family sleeping zzzz.

Pink The Piglet sleeping

 



-- Edited by D at 13:09, 2008-02-29

 



 adorable!!!!! Oh my gosh , why wont my dog adopt a baby pig!!!!!!!!!



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The one where the dog has her head on top of Pink protecting it just breaks my heart!

Still, I'd have a heart attack if Traci adopted a pig (although I am still undecided if it would be from the cuteness or the shock). She probably wouldn't know what to do with it, anyway. I envision her walking around sniffing it and running way from it, or maybe just carrying it around in her mouth and not knowing how to deal with it smile.gif

-- Edited by ttara123 at 13:57, 2008-03-02

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