愛は種を超える － 動物園長
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イノシシ（猪、豬、Sus scrofa）は、ウシ目（偶蹄目）・イノシシ科に分類される動物。十二支のひとつ（「亥」）に数えられる動物の一つであり、犬と同じくらい鼻が非常に敏感で神経質な動物である。
野生下での寿命は長くて10年であり、一年半で性成熟に達する。幼少期にはシマウリに似た縞模様の体毛が体に沿って縦に生えており、成体よりも薄く黄褐色をしている。イノシシの幼少期は天敵が多く、この縞模様は春の木漏れ日の下では保護色を成す。その姿かたちからウリ坊（ウリン坊とも言う）・うりんこ・うりっことも呼ばれ、この縞模様は授乳期を過ぎた生後約4か月程度で消える。
年老いたカバが、津波で孤児になったカバの面倒を見ている
The Hippo and the Tortoise
Tsunami Survivors
NAIROBI (AFP) - 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, officials said.
The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.
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'," ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park, told AFP.
After it was swept and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately, it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep together," the ecologist added. "The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it follows its mother. If somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother," Kahumbu added.
Tsunami Survivors
NAIROBI (AFP) - 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, officials said.
The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.
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'," ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park, told AFP.
After it was swept and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately, it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep together," the ecologist added. "The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it follows its mother. If somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother," Kahumbu added.
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