100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo


	100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo

Silkweaver

9-11-2008 10:28 PM

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animal life

Silkweaver says:

An inter species bond like this is a brilliant example to a few lessons we could still learn from nature.

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9-11-2008 10:53 PM

dollface701

Thank you SO much for this clip..it made my day..what a wonderful lesson for us all..wow.

9-12-2008 6:24 AM

Lifestar

Ditto!

9-12-2008 6:51 AM

onlinedesign

That's amazing. Baby Hippos are so cute, too!

9-12-2008 9:57 AM

zalisan

Too bad clipmarks doesn't have SUPER POPS. That's what this clip deserves and I give to you! Thank you for sharing. Hopefully we'll learn from this and share what we have with each other regardless of whom we are.

9-12-2008 2:13 PM

carrerinyes

A SUPER POP!

9-12-2008 2:37 PM

diaper-dude

Wonderful!

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