12 Kind Animals That Adopted Other Species

Children should always be surrounded by love, warmth, and care. This rule even applies to baby animals. Those in the animal kingdom instinctively know this and they prove it by their own example. This article will show you unbelievable examples of animals adopting the cubs of other species and it just might touch your heart.

Owen the hippo and Mzee the turtle: In Kenya, a little baby hippo was saved after being isolated from his family during a severe tsunami. The 650-pound cub was given the name Owen and was placed in an aviary with a 130-year-old turtle named Mzee. At first, Mzee didn't like its new neighbor, but later Mzee turned into Owen's mentor for 2 years. The story of this couple is so famous that several books and a website have been dedicated to it.