The South African Rooibos Council says animals can also benefit from Rooibos' health-giving properties

The South African Rooibos Council says animals can also benefit from Rooibos’ health-giving properties

Published on

25 April 2022

The South African Rooibos Council says animals can also benefit from Rooibos’ health-giving properties. To this end, they’ve travelled to Hoedspruit to speak to the owners of perhaps the most famous animal star in the world, Jessica the Hippo.

Jessica has played the lead in several National Geographic documentaries. The mammal also appeared on the Discovery Channel, SKY news and the BBC. At the same time, people in Japan, Germany and Australia also got to see her on local TV.

She even made it onto the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Jessica was rescued as a calf, during a flood, that ravaged parts of Mozambique and South Africa. She was raised by an honorary game ranger, Tonie Joubert and his wife, Shirley.

What is very interesting about her is that she gulps down 20 litres of Rooibos per day to help her get her beauty sleep.

Merentia Van Der Vent

Merentia joined the media world in 1996 and in 2001, she took her first steps in the broadcasting world. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures in the city. She also likes to learn new dances, not that she is any good at that.