Remember the song "It's not unusual to be loved by anyone?" 記得這首歌嗎：「若有人愛上你，並沒什麼好稀奇的。」
Not even Tom Jones would have imagined the blossoming relationship between two huge residents of a zoo in Kenya. 而即便是唱這首歌的湯姆‧瓊斯，也一定想像不到肯亞這座動物園裡兩頭大型動物日益親密的關係。
Factoring their ages and you get a really wacky situation. 若把這兩頭動物的年齡考慮進來，牠們的關係就顯得更奇特了。
Here's Jeanne Moos with the story. 吉妮‧莫斯為我們帶來以下這則報導。
This is an odd couple that makes that other "Odd Couple" seem bland. 和這對怪怪伴侶比較起來，電影《天生怪偶》裡面的那對主角可就顯得平淡無奇了。
Maybe you've heard about the baby hippo that fell for an aging tortoise in Kenya. 你可能已經聽過這個消息，肯亞一頭小河馬愛上了一隻老烏龜。
And here's how they got that way. Just over a year ago, when a tsunami's waves hit Kenya's shore, Owen the hippo was separated from his family. 牠們的故事是這樣的。一年多以前，海嘯襲擊肯亞海岸，河馬歐文因此和家人失散。
He had to be rescued by villagers using shark nets. 當時村民用鯊魚網才救了牠一命。
They brought him to Heller Park Animal Preserve, where he made a beeline for Mzee the tortoise, even though the tortoise... 這些村民把牠帶到海勒公園動物保護區，結果牠一到那裡就立即愛上了烏龜梅茲，儘管當時這隻烏龜……
...was hissing and rebuffing. ……一直以兇猛的態度不斷抗拒。
But the hippo glommed on to the tortoise. 不過，河馬纏著烏龜不放。
The tortoise relented and their cozy photos made them a world famous couple. 梅茲的態度後來總算軟化，於是牠們和樂相處的照片也就使牠們成為舉世聞名的伴侶。
Now, Mzee and Owen sleep together. They wallow in the pond together. 現在，梅茲與歐文不但一起睡覺，也在池塘裡一同玩水。
Owen tends to follow Mzee around like a love-sick dog. 歐文總是像小狗一樣死心塌地跟著梅茲到處跑。
A two-year-old hippo and a 130-year-old tortoise -- 一頭兩歲大的河馬和一隻一百三十歲的烏龜──
their age difference puts even Michael Douglas and Katherine Zeta Jones to shame. 和牠們的年齡差距比較起來，麥可‧道格拉斯與凱撒琳‧麗塔‧瓊斯的老少配根本不足一提。
I've seen Mzee put his head into Owen's mouth, and this is a hippopotamus that could crunch his head, but he doesn't. 我看過梅茲把頭放進歐文的嘴巴裡。這頭河馬一口就能咬碎牠的頭，但是卻沒有這麼做。
They're extremely trusting of each other. 牠們完全信任對方。
Dr. Paula Kahumbu is Heller Park's expert on the pair. 寶拉‧卡胡布博士是海勒公園裡照顧這對情侶的專家。
They even munch on the same branch. 牠們甚至還會嚼同一根樹枝。
Back when they first got famous, a then-six-year-old girl in New York saw pictures of the two and asked her dad if they could write a book. 牠們剛出名的時候，紐約一名六歲女孩看到牠們的照片，於是問爸爸肯不肯和她合寫一本書。
Now, Scholastic is publishing it, a children's picture book. 現在，這本兒童圖畫書已經由 Scholastic 出版社出版。
It's almost surreal what's happening between these animals, they're developing their own form of communication, which has really sort of baffled the scientists. 這兩頭動物之間所發生的現象實在難以置信，尤其牠們彼此發展出來的溝通方式，更是讓科學家百思不解。
There are plans for Owen to be introduced to a female hippo named Cleo to teach him hippo behavior, because he's acting too much like a tortoise. 海勒公園打算讓歐文接觸一頭名為克莉歐的母河馬，好讓歐文學學河馬的行為模式，否則歐文的行為實在太像烏龜了。
When Owen wants Mzee to move, he nibbles on his foot. 歐文如果要梅茲移動，就會輕咬牠的腳。
Scientists say the amazing thing is that a cold-blooded reptile would warm up to a mammal. 科學家說，最讓人吃驚的現象，是這頭屬於冷血動物爬蟲類的烏龜，竟然會和一頭哺乳類動物發展出親密關係。
Slow and steady doesn't just win the race, it wins the hippo. 可見，緩慢堅持不但能夠贏得龜兔賽跑，還能贏得河馬的心。