What you'll learn

• 1 (01:20) **Introduction: An Unlikely Friendship** - Host Thomas introduces the story of a lost baby hippo and an elderly giant tortoise, with a gentle warning about the animal's separation from its mother.
• 2 (05:05) **Setting the Scene: The Baby Hippo's Predicament** - The story begins with the baby hippo, later named Owen, stranded on a reef in the Indian Ocean near Malindi, Kenya.
• 3 (08:15) **The Rescue: Ropes, Nets, and a Human Namesake** - The townspeople of Malindi attempt to capture the baby hippo, eventually using a shark net after he breaks free from ropes and smaller nets.
• 4 (11:24) **Post-Rescue Logistics: Calling the Sanctuary** - The rescuers transport the tired hippo to a shady spot and contact Haller Park, an animal sanctuary 50 miles away near Mombasa.
• 5 (15:23) **Introducing the Tortoise: Mzee the Wise Old Man** - The enclosure prepared for Owen is already home to bushbucks, vervet monkeys, and a 130-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise named Mzee.
• 6 (18:25) **The Transfer: A Second Struggle** - Dr. Kahumbu and Stephen arrive in Malindi to move Owen from the rescuers' truck to their own, but the frightened hippo refuses to budge.
• 7 (20:58) **First Encounter: Hiding Behind the Tortoise** - Upon release at Haller Park, Owen runs directly to Mzee and tries to hide behind him, mimicking the behavior of a baby hippo hiding behind its mother.

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