A Hippo Saves A Zebra From Drowning
I will never stop saying that animals are amazing and that they deserve to be loved. His loyalty and unconditional love go beyond what many human beings can ever feel. They don’t care if your skin is one color or another, if you have hair or not, if you are fat or skinny.
They are only moved by tender feelings between which partiality and prejudice have no place. It doesn’t matter if they have to risk their lives or go the extra mile to help each other. When I heard this news I remembered times when people have seen people standing on the road with their damaged car and have not done anything, or have seen someone steal and have been left as inert spectators watching a bad play.
But, when I read this story, again the animals managed to move my heart, making me meditate on a better world in which humans imitate animals. Do you want to brighten your day? Read this heartwarming story of how a hippo saves a little zebra in distress.
The hippo and the zebra
Despite the subtopic, no, this is not a story. It is a very real story that happened somewhere that we cannot specify. It seems that it was the moment of migration of some animals and for this, they had to cross a very mighty river.
As good journalists, there was a team of photographers and editors of some National Geographic type magazine who wanted to cover the documentary. But they never believed what they were going to get the chance to glimpse: a very, very special rescue.
Once a herd of wildebeest came down the mountain and darted into the river to make their “exit,” it was another species’ turn: zebras.
Difficulties
The river had a great flow, so it was not easy to cross it and keep balanced under the water. A fight began between the zebras and the water that seemed to have no end. In this type of migrations that the animals make every year to protect themselves from the cold or to get food, many specimens of different species die that do not manage to pass.
Those who tend to have the most difficulty crossing the river are the smallest animals and pregnant zebras. This time, it was a little zebra cub who was in trouble.
The friendship between the hippopotamus and the zebra arises
It didn’t take long for the hippo to see how the little girl was in trouble. The water carried her mercilessly and rose above her head, making it difficult for her to breathe. You could see its small head submerging and emerging in the water, which made one fear the worst. The journalists were recording everything with the helplessness of not being able to do anything.
But, here came the hero: the hippopotamus could not sit idly by while a little one was in danger. He did not think twice and came to the aid of the little zebra. With its body, it made a kind of breakwater that prevented the water from continuing to drag the animal and at the same time pushed it with its mouth until it managed to carry it to shore.
A happy ending: the eternal friendship of the hippo and the zebra
It’s nice to think that this big animal didn’t stop to think about whether that little one who was drowning was the same species. His good feelings only prompted him to act. I can’t help but wonder, why are there humans who continue to harm animals or those who do not want to report animal abuse?
Let’s continue with the end of the story. When the zebra was safe and sound on the shore, the hippo stayed next to her as if waiting for her to calm down and to make sure she was okay. He even introduced part of the zebra’s body in his mouth as if to give him heat and not suffer from hypothermia. Isn’t that amazing to you?
Would you like to know with images how everything happened? I hope you have not doubted that we were going to put a video for you. Here it is! Enjoy!
