baby_hippo

How cute is this little hippolet, prancing around the enclosure trying to get her first ever meal down her wee snout? Just try not rooting for her to work out this “solid food” thing, even though frankly hippo food pellets do not look all that appetizing.

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We haven’t got much else to say about this — it’s a baby hippo learning how to eat, what do you even want — so instead here’s a picture of the baby sticking out her tongue.

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