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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Animals Your Recommended Daily Dose of Baby Pygmy Hippo

Posted by on Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:15 PM

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Recently born at the Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam.

(Via Towleroad, Jezebel, and God.)

 

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1
Can Has?
Om Nom Nom
Posted by chz on October 1, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Banna 2
It looks like a puppet from that dinosaur Honeymooners ripoff from the 80s.
Posted by Banna http://www.ucp.org on October 1, 2009 at 1:24 PM
emma's bee 3
Looks like a naked mole rat's ugly cousin.
Posted by emma's bee on October 1, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Max Solomon 4
its the size of a head of lettuce? how big is the mom? i thought hippos were bad asses that crocs were scared of...
Posted by Max Solomon on October 1, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Joe Szilagyi 5
Ten seconds later, that baby hippo killed and devoured five grown men.
Posted by Joe Szilagyi http://www.joeszilagyi.com on October 1, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Loveschild 6
cuteness overload lol.

The Motherland fruits never seize to amaze.
Posted by Loveschild http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/articles/responding_to_haiti_earthquake/ on October 1, 2009 at 1:34 PM
motobourbon 7
Pygmy hippos share the same general form as a hippopotamus. They have a graviportal skeleton, with four short legs and four toes on each foot, supporting a portly frame. The pygmy hippo, however, is only half as tall as the hippopotamus and weighs less than 1/4 as much as its larger cousin. Adult pygmy hippos stand about 75–83 cm (30–32 inches) high at the shoulder, are 150–177 cm (59–70 inches) in length and weigh 180–275 kilograms (400–600 pounds).[7] - Courtesy of Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_Hippo…
Posted by motobourbon on October 1, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Meags 8
HO MA GAWD TIME TO SNUGGLE
Posted by Meags on October 1, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 9
I'll bet it's delicious. Wouldn't be more than a bite or two, though.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on October 1, 2009 at 2:06 PM
NumberOne 10
Awww, that little thing is so awesome, I would love to watch it swimming about with others.
Posted by NumberOne on October 1, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Josh Bomb 11
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Posted by Josh Bomb http://www.satanosphere.com on October 1, 2009 at 2:40 PM
treacle 12
Let's see... grilled? Or braised? So hard to choose...
Posted by treacle on October 1, 2009 at 2:42 PM
tammy 13
must. hug. hippo. must. hug.
Posted by tammy on October 1, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Fnarf 14
@12, you can braise the sweetmeats if you want, but if you're not spit-roasting the whole carcass, you're making a mistake.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on October 1, 2009 at 4:33 PM
kim in portland 15
Fifty-Two-Eighty, Treacle, and Fnarf,

You three are wicked, and I find it enchanting. Thank you for the laugh.
Posted by kim in portland http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/11/fast-paced_video_provides_a_fu.html on October 1, 2009 at 5:29 PM
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@2 You pinned it.
That show was really well written. Very sophisticated humor. The baby that looks like this hippo pops up in the intro on the site below.

http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/televi…
Posted by hippypottermous on October 1, 2009 at 5:38 PM
17
That lil hippo would make a sweet ride for Yoda or some other lil guy.
Posted by Billy Chav on October 1, 2009 at 7:39 PM
18
And by sweet ride I mean the transportation kind not the deviant kind.
Posted by Billy Chav on October 1, 2009 at 7:40 PM
19
CUTENESS OVERLOAD!!!!!
Posted by Sarah in Olympia on October 1, 2009 at 9:33 PM

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