I spy lettuce, carrots, and cucumber chunks for this baby hippo and proud mama. Did you know that hippos eat just about 1 percent of their total body weight as adults? Don't call them greedy, though — if necessary, the huge mammals can store two days' worth of grass in their tummies and go up to three weeks without eating.
There's a whole buffet laid out here and no need to gorge, so check out one more picture of the grazing babe when you read more.

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awwww he's like a cute version of the montauk monster lol
1He's the curtest thing ever!!
2AHHHHHHHHHH omg i want it!!!!
3sosososososo cute!
4He's so gross and cute at the same time.
5am i the only one who at first 20-minute glance...and after a few minutes of arguing with his girlfriend still thinks this looks a bit fake?? i mean relatively speaking...how many hippos are smaller than a head of lettuce?? and how freaking big are those carrots??
6Sooo cute
7it's so tiny!
8I kind of agree with *alby sobrist* - I mean, I've heard of miniature hippos... But the 1st thought that came to my mind was: "That's some cake!" You know, those cakes covered with fondant, like they do on that show, "Cake Boss" (I think that's the name of it) -
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Besides, I've watched nature shows on TV, & hippos look so huge! Of course, there's the old adage: "Not everything is as it seems." For example: I used to think lions were the LARGEST of wild cats. Till I saw them next to Bengal tigers... WOW! The tigers were HUGE in comparison.
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Cute anyway.
Is this real? The eyes look glossy and fake.
10I agree with you #6, #9, and #10....this def. looks like a fake photo. Kind of cute if it is real though.
11I also think it looks fake!
12Super cute! And not fake...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1217348/Pictured-The-baby-pygmy-...
13Well, that's why we all thought these looked fake. Petsugar forgot to mention that these are pygmy hippos, and are much smaller then the hippos we are all thinking of.
14Super cute!
15These are pygmy hippos-extremely rare... and also ADORABLE!!
16Hah! I just saw this article earlier today. It's a pygmy hippo, only 3,000 in the world. Not just a baby!
17this is sooo photoshopped cuz ive seen some shops in mah' dayzz . hippos ARE NOT REAL get over it people! Thats like saying Witches and zombies and orangutans are real ZOMFG i love you all
18He looks like a figurine!
19oh my god I want it. cutest thing ever!
20Adorable.
21i volunteer at a zoo and I asked one of the keepers, Why don't we have hippos? They're So cute! And she told me they get attitude haha. She said you have to clean their tanks all the time and they're really hard to work with. So I replied "but they're cute!"
22cute
23That's it. I'm trading my dog for that!
24What is all the scratches on his butt for?Well anyway he's still cute.
25Cute hippo, good meal they are eating. That baby could make any mama proud!
26that is so so so so so so so so so cute!!!!!!! I want so much!!!!!!! Its so adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! damn its Hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i might even marry it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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