Inter-species dating?

A baby hippo, separated from its mother and cast out to sea in the December tsunami, has found an adoptive "mother" at a Kenyan wildlife park--a 130-year old male tortoise. Zookeepers say that after the scared hippo, named Owen, was rescued at sea and brought to the zoo, he darted toward the tortoise, named Mzee, and hid.

Since then, Owen has stayed around Mzee, often resting his head on the tortoise and playing with him. He also becomes aggressive if anyone approaches Mzee. Sabine Baer, rehabilitation and ecosystems manager at Lafarge Eco Systems, which runs the park, said the bonding is unprecedented: "A mammal with a mammal, yes it happens. But reptiles and mammals, we haven't seen this." ~ WORLD Magazine

ALERT: Keep an eye out for liberals demanding legal protection for inter-species couples.