Awwwww - Baby Hippo & Old Turtle make friends.

August 3, 2006 4:50 AM

Owen and Mzee (pdf). Also, Blog, Snopes, Wikipedia.
posted by seanyboy (15 comments total)

Why this isn't a movie yet is beyond me. I mean, awww!
posted by Bookhouse at 5:22 AM on August 3, 2006

The Snopes link says there is a movie coming.
posted by pracowity at 5:25 AM on August 3, 2006

Your second link has some gorgeous photos. Thanks.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 5:26 AM on August 3, 2006

Awwwww is just about perfect for this story :)
posted by Fence at 5:45 AM on August 3, 2006

(c) popbitch
posted by the cuban at 5:54 AM on August 3, 2006

cuban: Indeed. For that weekly dose of celebrity sex gossip and cute animal pics.
posted by seanyboy at 5:57 AM on August 3, 2006

Although to be fair, I also used Google.
posted by seanyboy at 5:58 AM on August 3, 2006

Meh, I've seen plenty of things from mefi appear on the popbitch message boards. It's a two way street.
posted by ciderwoman at 6:27 AM on August 3, 2006

Fresh from 2005!
posted by bobloblaw at 7:08 AM on August 3, 2006

Our daughter (2.5 years old) loves the book. As soon as she saw one of the pdf pictures on the screen, she said, "Owen and Mayzee!"
posted by aacheson at 8:29 AM on August 3, 2006

It says that the pair will be seperated soon, that makes me sad.
posted by Vindaloo at 10:19 AM on August 3, 2006

I don't want to frighten Mzee, so keep it down, but... it says here that "[t]he penis of the hippopotamus... can be several feet in length" -- I hope Owen's introduction to Cleo isn't delayed too long.
posted by pracowity at 12:03 PM on August 3, 2006

Owen and Mzee make me all happy inside.
posted by anjamu at 4:53 PM on August 3, 2006

Vindaloo, where does it say that they will be separated? I can't find it.
posted by needs more cowbell at 10:17 PM on August 3, 2006

Owen is going to be introduced to an older female (Cleo) this month. If Owen and Cleo and Mzee all get along, then fine, but if Cleo and Mzee don't hit it off, I suppose one option would be to part Owen and Mzee rather than mess up Owen and Cleo's chances of mating (or risk Cleo stomping Mzee?).
posted by pracowity at 4:04 AM on August 4, 2006