# I never thought a Hippo could be cute. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067 "2012-03-28T17:53:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067/1 "2012-03-28T17:53:38Z")
I guess all baby animals are cute. I’d never see a baby hippo before. Now I want to see more pictures. Meet Harry. Did they rub the little guy down with baby oil? > **[Harry the hungry hippo gives his happy handler a loving lick](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2121539/Prince-Harry-hippo-gives-happy-handler-loving-lick.html)** > > The six-day-old pygmy hippo calf is filling the time of his doting carer Toni Inggs (pictured) at a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa after being rejected by his mother. That’s your sweetness and cute fix for today. 😛😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067/2 "2012-03-28T17:57:22Z")
That’s 'cause it’s a baby, _and_ a pygmy. I like the sleeping picture! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067/3 "2012-03-28T18:02:59Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Meet Harry. Did they rub the little guy down with baby oil? Naw…they use _adorab_oil. ---
**Author:** ![StrawberryDaquiri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@StrawberryDaquiri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrawberryDaquiri)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067/4 "2012-03-28T18:06:35Z")
I think I know where the idea for boots came from. Super cute! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067/5 "2012-03-28T18:14:18Z")
[Baby hippos](http://www.zooborns.typepad.com/zooborns/hippo/), pygmy and regular, at ZooBorns. ---
**Author:** ![tim\_duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@tim\_duncan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim_duncan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067/6 "2012-03-28T18:50:38Z")
Just wait until it grows up IIRC, hippos are extremely vicious ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067/7 "2012-03-28T19:01:09Z")
Yes, hippos can be cute in their own way. They’re sloppy, odd-looking, awkward on land and sort of dainty in the water, and they are extremely ornery and aggressive. Somehow it can add up to a sort of diva-ish, I-don’t-give-a-fuck-what-you-think charm. And the baby pygmy in the story is extremely cute. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067/8 "2012-03-28T19:05:10Z")
A few more pics of Harry at the end of this article. > **[Harry - Prince of Cango - The Gremlin](https://www.thegremlin.co.za/2012/03/27/harry-prince-of-cango/)** > > It is our privilege to share this beautiful piece with you – as well as the pictures attached, of Harry our dashing little Prince at just a few days old. In the early hours of Thursday morning, we welcomed a new little fresh-faced baby onto the... > [@](#): > > But…what makes this story so extraordinary, is the fact that the Pygmy hippopotamus’ wild population is classified as endangered. There are less than 3000 left in the wild! They hail from West Africa, mainly confined to Liberia, with small numbers in the neighbouring countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. So for Cango Wildlife Ranch, from Oudtshoorn South Africa, to successfully breed another endangered specie…is a very proud moment for all involved ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067/9 "2012-03-28T19:11:53Z")
> [@tim\_duncan](#): > > IIRC, hippos are extremely vicious True, when they are being territorial, but despite that at least one has been successfully domesticated by some crazy South African couple. Here’s a [vid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3NueKXS6dk) of it eating with dogs, opening a door and being hand-fed. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067/10 "2012-03-29T14:33:50Z")
Hippos are incredibly cute, but that won’t stop them from fucking killing your ass for even thinking about getting near their river. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067/11 "2012-03-29T14:43:41Z")
[Here](http://www.gocomics.com/fminus/2012/03/25) is a good-looking hippo. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067/12 "2012-03-30T20:30:22Z")
I want him for Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-thought-a-hippo-could-be-cute/617067/13 "2012-03-31T02:44:08Z")
For realz, Guin! I want one in my stocking!!