Tortoise 'mothers' hippo.


	Tortoise 'mothers' hippo.

Ashes2Ashes

8-24-2007 5:18 PM

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animals, tortoise, hippopotamus

Ashes2Ashes says:

Link to video of it;
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_4190000/newsid_4190000?redirect=4190063.stm&news=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1>;
For some reason I couldn't clip it.

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8-24-2007 8:26 PM

adamc

So awesome to see living creatures connect like this.

8-25-2007 2:26 AM

suzikoh

Isn't it amazing that beings of two very different species can connect yet so many of the same species (humans) go to war to kill others of their own species because some power-hungry dumb idiot tells them the enmy is endangering their race, religion or political way of life.....

8-25-2007 2:39 AM

Ashes2Ashes

I guess being 'uncivilized' and 'primitive' is actually a good thing.
I saw something about a lion( or maybe a tiger) 'adopting' an antelope. It's so awesome. Animals have this sixth sense and can be so maternal and loving. Even the most ruthless of predators (lion or tiger) and their prey.

8-29-2007 5:42 PM

righthand

Did I imagine a monkey and a wild dog in mountainous East Africa? Yes, in the wild.

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