I will say, that some agora members, do feel that they are of higher intelligence than others. I feel bad for them , because, I believe you can learn from others, including me.

some agora members are of higher intelligence than others. fact. I am not in the league of some. I accept my limitations and their gifts. Some of them do not post very often and have been attacked for their positions. But easy to see that some agora members are of higher intelligence than others. so what. we all have gifts.

Much of life can never be explained but only witnessed.``

- Rachel Naomi Remen, MD

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 when tsunami 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`,`` ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of

Lafarge Park, told AFP.

``After it was swept and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had

to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately, it landed on

the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep

together,`` the ecologist added. ``The hippo follows the tortoise exactly

the way it follows its mother. If somebody approaches the tortoise, the

hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother,`` Kahumbu

added.

``The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by

nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for

four years,`` he explained.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments

that take our breath away.

This is a real story that shows that our differences don`t matter much

when we need the comfort of another. We could all learn a lesson from

these two creatures of God. Look beyond the differences and find a way to

walk the path together.