is this for serious? this brings warmth to my cold cold heart.

from:
http://www.floristone.com/hippopotamus-tortoise.html

A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa ...



"It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother' ... "




EDIT:
WTF...
THEY (Owen and Mzee) HAVE A BOOK!