Hoedspruit - part 2 (visiting Jessica)

On the Sunday morning Marinda, Francois, myself and the 4 kids went to visit a very special hippo named Jessica. Jessica was born in March 2000 and was washed up along the bank of the Oliphants River when she was only about 8 hours old. She was found and has been raised in captivity since then. She is the friendliest animal - this despite being one of the most ferocious beasts in the animal kingdom - and I swear I actaully saw her smile :). We could feed her, stroke her face and even give her a kiss.