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Jessica the Hippo
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THE JESSICA UPDATE
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ANIMAL PLANET: What else has been going on in Jessica's life since we saw her on Animal Planet?

TONIE JOUBERT: Well since you guys saw her great things have been happening. As I said, Fred is living here full time.

Two weeks ago, there was another hippo who was even bigger than Fred. At about 8 o'clock in the evening, we heard this snorting and this noise. So we walked onto the veranda, and looking down into the river we saw this big hippo and Fred having a fight.

It was quite a serious fight, but there were no injuries. Hippos know that they can kill each other or sustain serious injury to each other. So on first contact they open their mouths wide open, and with chins and noses touching they push each other off balance to see who's the strongest.

And fortunately, Fred — after two hours — chased this big ape away. The next morning, for the first time since Fred had been living here full time, he started marking his territory all around our house, spraying his dung on the plants and against the walls of the house and all that. So we've got quite a hippo aroma in the atmosphere here where we're living [*laughs*].

10. Is there anything else you'd like to mention?

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