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Lu the hippo

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The oldest hippo in the world.

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Lu the hippo
Many of the animals kept here were trained for TV and film from Ivan Tors Animal Actors, including Buck, a bear that was a stand-in on the 1960s television show Gentle Ben, and Lu, the oldest hippopotamus in North America. Lu is the only animal in the park not native to Florida, he was born at the San Diego Zoo on January 26, 1960,[2] and appeared in the TV shows Daktari and Cowboy in Africa. He has lived in the park since 1964,[3] and was declared an honorary citizen of Florida by Governor Lawton Chiles in the 1990s.[1]

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosassa_Springs_Wildlife_State_Park
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