On the coast of Kenya in December 2004, hippos and turtles developed a traumatic bond. A hippopotamus that survived the tsunami off the coast of Kenya, a movement in the port city of Mombasa

On the coast of Kenya in December 2004, hippos and turtles developed a traumatic bond.

A hippopotamus that survived the tsunami off the coast of Kenya forged a deep friendship with a male giant tortoise that is more than a hundred years old in an animal protection agency in the port city of Mombasa.

The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen, weighed about 300 kilograms and was swept down the Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean before being forced to return to shore when the tsunami hit the Coast of Kenya on December 26, 2004, when rangers rescued it.

The hippopotamus, who was less than a year old, adopted a hundred-year-old male turtle, and the turtle was happy to become the mother of the little hippopotamus.

After being washed away and losing his mother, the hippo was traumatized and he had to find a mother, fortunately, he met the turtle, they made a strong bond, they swam together, ate together, slept together, comforted each other.

The hippopotamus follows the turtle, and if someone approaches the turtle, the hippopotamus becomes aggressive, as if protecting the birth mother from others.

Hippos were still babies and separated from their mothers at a very young age.

So he established a traumatic bond with the turtle.