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Mzee is Old Man in Swahili.
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Rangers discovered a one-year-old hippo, whom they have named Owen, alone and dehydrated near Kenya's Indian Ocean coast after he became separated from his herd in 2004.
— Fascinating (@fasc1nate) November 7, 2023
They took him to a wildlife sanctuary in Mombasa, where he soon found a male tortoise with the same dark grey… pic.twitter.com/DPvU0Guw94
That's crazy to unexpectedly read this story on my feed cause I been to Kenya and flew to Mombasa and actually met that turtle about 12yrs ago. Wow pic.twitter.com/fKhtb1nF77
— TheCoinDad (@TheCoinDad) November 7, 2023
Owen’s bond with Mzee was so strong that he began to exhibit behaviors characteristic of a tortoise. He started to eat tortoise food and developed a fondness for the taste of leaves, a staple in Mzee’s diet. This was a significant change for Owen, who as a hippo, is naturally a… pic.twitter.com/k8rb3jDv8k
— VisionaryVoid (@VisionaryVoid) November 7, 2023
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