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MindMover

(5,016 posts) Wed Apr 4, 2012, 07:48 PM Apr 2012

Hippo babies are tiny......WOW

Hard to believe anyone would reject this cuddly blorper, but that’s just what Harry the Pygmy Hippo’s mother did, so keepers at a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa raised him by hand ’round the clock. Looks like he has an effective way of telling you when it’s time for a feeding, too.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/41483660@N04/6900283740/][img][/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/41483660@N04/6900283740/]harry-hippo[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/41483660@N04/]pbmus[/url], on Flickr

http://cuteoverload.com/2012/03/31/hungry-happy-harry-hippo-holds-handsome-honker-hilariously/

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Swear this is not photo-shopped.......

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Hippo babies are tiny......WOW (Original Post) MindMover Apr 2012 OP

Now that's pretty damn cute... n/t teddy51 Apr 2012 #1

PYGMY hippo babies are... mike_c Apr 2012 #2

I love seeing animals being saved Politicalboi Apr 2012 #3

teddy51

(3,491 posts)

1. Now that's pretty damn cute... n/t

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 08:00 PM

Apr 2012

mike_c

(36,281 posts)

2. PYGMY hippo babies are...

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 08:34 PM

Apr 2012

Regular hippo babies are small too, but they get a LOT bigger than pygmy hippos.

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)

3. I love seeing animals being saved

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 09:16 PM

Apr 2012

But if the mother rejects it, it could have a medical problem. Like the Polar Bear not that long ago, that was abandoned by his mother, then at the age of 2, I think, he died one day.
But the tiny Hippo is cute.

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