Owen (hippopotamus)
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Owen is a two-year-old hippopotamus that was orphaned by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. At that time, Owen was a baby hippopotamus living near the Kenyan coast. As the tsunami hit, baby Owen was caught by the waves, separated from his mother, and washed out into the Indian Ocean. Facing near certain death, he was luckily rescued by wildlife rangers in the waters near Malindi.
On December 27, Owen was relocated to the Haller Park wildlife sanctuary in Mombasa, Kenya. Soon after being placed into his enclosure, the hippo discovered the giant tortoise also housed in the space. The tortoise, named Mzee and estimated to be between 100 and 130 years old, did not accept Owen at first. Yet Owen continued to follow Mzee, and within days they had taken on a mother-childlike relationship.
External links
- [Befriended Hippo on snopes.com]
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