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100 Year Old Tortoise Acts As Mom To Baby Hippo [PICS]

floristone.com — 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.

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  • mentol, on 02/09/2008, -12/+195That's real love. No money, no cars, no nothing. JUST PURE LOVE!!!
  • mareacaspica, on 02/09/2008, -33/+186the animal kingdom is so much better than mankind
  • moskaudancer, on 02/09/2008, -2/+142Sure, the hippo looks cute, but remember, in real life, hippos will *****.
  • megaton, on 02/09/2008, -4/+110100 year old story thinks digg is its mother; follows around
  • calebhawk, on 02/09/2008, -1/+70well he is 100 and most 100 year old people i've met are slightly crazy... he prolly thinks him and the hippo are both dolphins and live on jupiter.
  • sgtbutterscotch, on 02/09/2008, -6/+60You're basing that on this one situation? There is so much out there that you need to see with respect to humans being nice to each other and animals being "cruel" to each other.
  • MrBabyMan, on 02/09/2008, -9/+62Famous. These guys even have their own books: http://www.amazon.com/Owen-Mzee-Story-Remarkable-F ...
    and plush dolls: http://www.amazon.com/Owen-Mzee-Doll-Isabella-Hatk ...
  • Vodka2389, on 02/09/2008, -1/+49Yeah when will humans start adopting pets?
  • drgmdp, on 02/09/2008, -3/+49that's a ***** big tortoise..
  • sougly, on 02/09/2008, -1/+47No sex either -- I hope.
  • sgtbutterscotch, on 02/09/2008, -0/+41It's already happened. I found an ancient male tortoise of my own to be my adopted mother a few years ago. He's great. My favorite thing to do with him is fly kites.
  • garfonzo, on 02/09/2008, -0/+35Thanks Captain Xerox
  • oojamaflip2006, on 02/09/2008, -1/+34Mankind is part of the animal kingdom*
  • garfonzo, on 02/09/2008, -1/+32Why is this article hosted on "Florist One - Online Florist".
    ???
  • lordtyros, on 02/09/2008, -6/+27If you like that sort of thing...
  • SohailKhanifar, on 02/09/2008, -0/+21Or a small hippo?
  • inactive, on 02/09/2008, -2/+23This may sound retarded but my cat thinks im its mother, when i come out of my room, come home from somewhere or just sees me walk by it runs all over the freaking house excited and makes weird noises from her throat to call me to her room to sit and watchover her while she eats, if i leave she will dart out and look at me trying to call me back. She doesnt do this with anyone else in my house but me, its very strange.
  • sgtbutterscotch, on 02/09/2008, -2/+20"Fortunately , it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond." Anybody else get a funny picture?
    What if the tortoise hates the hippo? "Curse my damned slowness!"
  • sougly, on 02/09/2008, -5/+21Humans are the best animals.
  • calebhawk, on 02/09/2008, -0/+15a hippoturtlus
  • SQLDigger, on 02/09/2008, -0/+15Mine gives me spankings.
  • Abominous, on 02/09/2008, -0/+15My sister had that happen with a litter of kittens, about 6 of them IIRC. The mama abandoned them so she basically fed them (with a medicine dropper and formula, kept them warm, played with them, etc. When they got to the point where they could run around, the moment they heard her voice they'd all start meowing and cling to her wanting food and to be cuddled. It was really cute but it got on my sisters nerves after a while because they wouldn't leave her alone.
  • drgmdp, on 02/09/2008, -4/+19come on, don't ***** up the moment...
  • calebhawk, on 02/09/2008, -0/+15most people don't read the chain e-mails our grandparents send us...
  • Rikkochet, on 02/09/2008, -0/+15And eat each other as spoils of war...
    Though I imagine most Diggers have seen Planet Earth by now.
  • oojamaflip2006, on 02/09/2008, -0/+15'Kids...don't run so fast '
  • JordanAustin, on 02/09/2008, -7/+21Anyone else think it should be titled "Fwd:FWD:FWD 100 Year Old Tortoise Acts As Mom To Baby Hippo [PICS]?
  • mesoholy, on 02/09/2008, -2/+16I adopted two kittens a couple of years ago. Now they're all grown up but they still like to suck on my ***** even though I am bone dry. My wife says it's because they think I am their mom. I'd like to adopted another one but I've ran out of nipples.
  • Abominous, on 02/09/2008, -0/+13No, she managed to find homes for them all.
    The cat army idea sounds like it would have been more fun =/
  • wipis, on 02/09/2008, -2/+15Me thinks Disney has something to do with this...
  • inactive, on 02/09/2008, -1/+14Too cute.
  • FatLoser, on 02/09/2008, -0/+12I know, I read the article about the cute little animals that will kill you. But this isn't a joke... hippos will ***** kill you in real life.
  • Sil369, on 02/09/2008, -0/+12Wonder what the tortoise is thinking...
  • spargett, on 02/09/2008, -1/+12I believe those are called "rednecks".
  • CaviMike, on 02/09/2008, -0/+10300kg(650lb) hippo and the tortise is bigger?! Holy S***!
  • has2k1, on 02/09/2008, -0/+10The hippo will probably die first, leaving mother tortoise in misery.
  • inspecality, on 02/09/2008, -0/+10I like to race my tortoise mommy. He always let me win.
  • FatLoser, on 02/09/2008, -0/+10huh? This isn't a joke... hippos will ***** kill you in real life.
  • thedoubler, on 02/09/2008, -4/+14The irony of that definition is that we presume that what we have is unique.
  • themastersb, on 02/09/2008, -2/+12That tortoise must have been born at least 100 years ago.
  • iCallShotgun, on 02/09/2008, -1/+10*Cuteness overload*
  • DarkGerbil, on 02/09/2008, -1/+9Actually, the word "methinks" is an acceptable english word that can be found in any dictionary. It means "It seems to me." In fact, the only mistake in the above post is the unnecessary addition of a space in the middle of the word. But you didn't notice that did you? You thought you were gunna' disintigrate this kid on the use of the english language didn't you? Before you go around trying to act cool in front of your virtual buddies, make sure you know what the ***** you're actually doing.
    You stand corrected.
  • CaviMike, on 02/09/2008, -1/+9The hippo ordered flowers for is mum of course.
  • Zippopo, on 02/09/2008, -0/+8Hello there Mr. Tortoise, I'm Chris Hansen. Why don't you have a seat over there...
  • mal1964, on 02/09/2008, -1/+9Looks more like the hippo uses him as a pillow, And the tortoise doesn't care.Awww isn't that sweet!
  • verkon, on 02/09/2008, -0/+8Mowgli?
  • Harelin, on 02/09/2008, -2/+10Way to be that guy.
  • piesforyou, on 02/09/2008, -0/+8But they do greet each other with sex.
  • inactive, on 02/09/2008, -2/+10Diggers will digg up any comment that bashes mankind or the US government.
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