Baby Pygmy Hippopotamus Wants Lettuce

Nothing evokes happiness quite like the exuberant face of a baby pygmy hippopotamus taking its first wobbly steps towards a feast of lettuce leaves. Huffington Post has more photos of the newborn hippo from Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam.
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7 Comments:
Awwwww to the nth power
redfish at 2:07PM on 10/04/09
LOOKIT THE BABY!
cstone at 5:21PM on 10/04/09
I totes thought this was plastic but ITS NOT!
inothernews at 7:45PM on 10/04/09
OMG, He's SO EXCITED. I love that.
Aynsl156 at 10:26PM on 10/04/09
I want one of these!!!!
juliebugsmama at 10:13AM on 10/05/09
I want a Baby Pygmy Hippopotamus
hungrychristel at 10:45AM on 10/05/09
that is the sweetest thing ever! it doesn't even look real!
gastronomeg at 10:46AM on 10/05/09