The hippo and the tortoise - a podcast by BBC World Service
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Following the devastating tsunami of 2004, a baby hippo named Owen was rescued from the sea off the coast of Kenya.
He was taken to Haller Park in Mombasa, home of a 130-year-old giant tortoise called Mzee.
Owen and Mzee formed an unusual friendship and their story gained worldwide fame.
Dr Paula Kahumbu tells their story to Gill Kearsley.
(Photo: Owen and Mzee. Credit: Peter Greste/AFP/Getty Images)
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