A hippopotamus that weighs nearly 1,800 pounds has moved into a sewage treatment facility in Cape Town, South Africa, officials told the Associated Press Thursday.
The four-year-old hippo, named Zorro because of a zigzag scar on his back, found his way into the facility after a portion of the surrounding fence was stolen, the AP reported.
Zorro is living in pans that were once used to store sewage for treatment but now contain mostly clean water and are surrounded by grassy areas.
Julia Wood, manager of Cape Town's biodiversity program, said in the article that Zorro might have been fleeing from his father after challenging him. His father, Brutus, gave him the scar on his back, she told the AP.
The city will eventually move the hippo to a new home, according to the AP.
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