El Salvador: D befriends a hippo

Since we've been home from El Salvador, there is one thing D keeps talking about: Chato, Chato, Chato.

One of my dad's Salvadorean friends, owns a zoo. Or he has a lot of big exotic pets in his yard. He has a pygmy hippo (or baby hippo, we weren't sure which) named Chato. Now, I know from my mission that hippos are considered the most dangerous animal in Africa. They can easily outrun a human and are very aggressive.

Chato has been raised from birth as a pet. You could get him to roll over in the water and spin his ears 36o degrees. Dustinn patted him on the nose and got him to open up his mouth.

D also managed to make Mama Lion very angry. (He was standing on top of her cage.)