Palestinians look at a newly arrived hippopotamus at the Zoo in the West Bank town of Qalqilya, Tuesday, April 12, 2011. The adult male hippopotamus weighing 1.5 ton was sent to the Palestinian Zoo from the Israeli Safari Park in Ramat Gan on Tuesday, to keep company to another male hippo transferred to Qalqilia from the Safari Park last year. The two organizations have been cooperating closely for years.



A hippopotamus enjoys a swim after his arrival to the Zoo in the West Bank town of Qalqilya, Tuesday, April 12, 2011. The adult male hippopotamus weighing 1.5 ton was sent to the Palestinian Zoo from the Israeli Safari Park in Ramat Gan on Tuesday, to keep company to another male hippo transferred to Qalqilia from the Safari Park last year. The two organizations have been cooperating closely for years.



A hippopotamus is released into an enclosure at the zoo in the West Bank town of Qalqilya April 12, 2011. The 6-year-old hippopotamus, weighing 1.5 tons, was transferred on Tuesday from Israel's Ramat Gan Safari to the Qalqilya zoo in the West Bank, as part of continued cooperation between the two, safari spokeswoman Sagit Horowitz said.


source: daylife

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