Post by Edmund Fong on Jul 26, 2007 20:08:42 GMT 10
Hi, this one isn't a video clip, but some photos that was sent around the office in an email. I took just one look at the photos and decided then and they they'd be included into the forum.
Subject: Fwd: THE HIPPOPOTAMUS AND THE TORTOISE
" Much of life can never be explained but only witnessed.
- Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
NAIROBI (AFP) - A 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, nicknamedOwen and weighing about
300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki
River into the Ind ian 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.
"After 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.
If 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.
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
But by the moments that take our breath away."
This is a real story that shows that our differences don't matter
Much when we need the comfort of another.
We could all learn a lesson from these two creatures,
"Look beyond the differences and find a way to walk the path together."
Subject: Fwd: THE HIPPOPOTAMUS AND THE TORTOISE
" Much of life can never be explained but only witnessed.
- Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
NAIROBI (AFP) - A 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, nicknamedOwen and weighing about
300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki
River into the Ind ian 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.
"After 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.
If 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.
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
But by the moments that take our breath away."
This is a real story that shows that our differences don't matter
Much when we need the comfort of another.
We could all learn a lesson from these two creatures,
"Look beyond the differences and find a way to walk the path together."