Much of life can never be explained but only witnessed.

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 whenTsunami 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’,’ said ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park.

‘After it was swept away and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had…