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J.London I agree

i think ear wiggling shows confidence

Yes her ears they wiggle love it😍😍😍😍

Collin that was literally the cutest part ever lol

Collin My favorite moment. “Who me?”

Toooo tooo cute ❤️❤️❤️

That was adorable!!

Shoutout to the editors

Just stop being so picky about what happens after the hug and go for it

Yep. It's that dying that gets me too

Sassafras Paul pshhhhhh small price to pay

They are so dangerous bt cute

I think we should all go for it when we are old

Mine too! ♥️

Boop 😭 lol

The best 💋

Mine too!

I'm curious as to why the hippo's sleep indoors.? The area is so serile with all that stainless steel and buzzers blasting. Surely they would be happier sleeping outdoors where they can access the pool. ?

Lord Bloodraven the hippos killed the village

Eye need Moeney no. Fiona was born 2 months early. The staff were with her 24/7 and even the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital helped. There’s a whole playlist about her story.

An old,but true,saying for sure.

@@allegedrain878 no, that was rge hippies, not the hippos, you’re thinking of lol

It takes a village to raise a hippo?

A giant toddler

Me to

She’s growing up really fast I remember when she was born 🥲

It amazes me to this day that Fiona was only 29 pounds when she was born and now she's over 1,500 pounds. It seems like just yesterday she was only a tiny little baby!

Yeah not too mention their unchanging small artificial prison like environment.

@@theog2093 true but how else would you design it to make the environment safe for both animals and keepers?

The behind the scenes stuff for zoos is always so interesting to me. It's not like they just stick the animal in a pen and leave it there, they're always training them and giving them new kinds of stimulation and challenge, while also making it easier and safer to work with them.

@Scribbles Lol

I was thinking that the whole time it’s hard to believe they can be so cute and so dangerous at the same time

They are dangerous because they are territorial and big, its not about being a predator or viscous. Notice how the zoo keepers pet them and reach in to feed them, they dont fo that with lions.

@@jimyarbrough9935 Except something like a gorilla won't kill you for walking into its territory

No humans are and hippos are cuter

Chase the Stars your acting like you met the animal or its your family’s baby that u haven’t seen in a while 😂😂😂

"Water loaf" lmao. I prefer to call them "tank puppies"

to be fair, their ability to turn a human into mincemeat is part of why they have to be trained so well haha

if you see a hippo irl just don't think they'll be as nice as fiona

They get into proverbial fistfights with crocodiles; one of the earliest apex predators on Earth (been around for about 80 million years). I think they've earned the title of dangerous by default.

@@as7river also the fact that they kill people where I live... you can go into your backyard and a bunch of hippos will have u for dinner.

@@squidzo4265 where do you live? For research purposes... I have a map of places not to visit. So far it is just Australia.

God's beautiful and precious gifts to us, to.treasure, love, respect, and to care for😇🥰🦛🦛🦛🦛💝

@pagall3857 I'm an American 😀

Would you mind explaining the procedure you did

Casy I think what he did was positive reinforced.

Ohhh muhhh gawwww your dog is a junkie now. Jajajajajaja you pimp him out to get pain pills too

@@casy6203 i would give meds to my dog. and then treat. sometimes he wouldn’t like it, so i would wrap it in cheese or peanut butter.

It's not really necessary and it's excessive or basically overkill to train your cat or dog to take meds. For cats you just shoot the pills in, close their mouths and rub their necks and the pills go right down. As for dogs, you just stick them in something like a Pill Pocket, Hot Dog, or any piece of food and down the pills go. If they do spit them back out you just pick them up off the floor and try a different food or just hold your dogs mouth shut til he swallows. They train the hippos because you can't go in with them and pick up pills they spit out or don't want to take and you certainly can't hold their mouths closed.

It's a lot of work Keeping that water clean

She's not a dog. The wagging tail has nothing to do with her being happy.

Jenna was there when Fiona was born and help take care of her before Fiona knew who Bibi was, humans were all she knew. Her reaction is like a dog the only difference is she is a wild animal. She likes humans they raised her from a babe she would be dead if not for them.

I liked the ear wiggle more.

hippos wag tails when they poop.

Yea it's cool, but also important that you don't get an unrealistic idea on what nature really is. Go try to feed it outside of a cage and it will likely rip you into pieces. Hippos kill more people than Lions

That was really cute when she did that.

omg yes it was so cute

ouch. cute

Thinking about food is all

theres no denying she loves jenna. i saw her kiss her when she was a baby with all her heart. i bet the love she feels for jenna and her human moms and dads had just as much to do with the twirls as the food did. but it was a good combination.

T Gately you could just not lock the animals up smh. No work is needed to just leave them alone in there natural habitat.

3000 Wattz fiona was an orphaned hippo though. Without human intervention, she'd be dead.

Wattz- no work? No disrespect, but tell that to wardens and other folks who spend their lives fighting poachers, the sanctuaries, the rescue workers and scientists who spend all their time trying to keep entire species from being wiped out. Not trying to start an argument, but honestly, some species only exist because of zoos. These guys are very well cared for (there are bad zoos, but this is not one if them) happy, and safe from poachers. If anyone thinks "no work is needed" for animals in their natual habitat, I recommend Last Chance To See - you can look it up online, the book is amazing and there were two BBC series which you can also find online. An UNBELIEVABLE amount of work goes into it. Natural Habitat" cannot be taken for granted.

@@abbyiswatching2046 Thank you

Lol and that's just the hippos that's just the beginning!! But it's worth it.

I know...

Cara Deville I was looking for this comment before even watching the video😂😂

Yeah girl, name so finee, you gonna say it ✌️.

I like em BIG I LIKE THM CHUNCKEY !,!!!!,

hErE hE cOmeS!

He likes ‘em big, he likes ‘em chunky. He likes ‘em big, he likes ‘em plumpy. He likes ‘em round with somethin’ somethin’

Flagship? Or the Premier small artificial enviroment prison for exotic wild animals.

Well said. 🙂

All true public zoos are run like this. Not the tiger guys fake zoo with badly treated and underwear animals. The Chinese zoos, European zoos...Australian zoos, all the world zoos have a network set up monitoring each animals DNA and breeding so they trade animals to make sure there is no longer inbreeding. Keeping the gene pool strong for future world to see! A nuke would ruin that!

@@theog2093 All legit American zoos from the Bronx to Seattle and Tampa to San Diego. It is part of zookeeper commitment to keeping a clean gene pool, the Bronx us trying to bring back genuine American Bison. Not mixed gene, but the original Bison. Breed enough to take them out west for controlled mating or insemination there! The old primitive bars and small cages are no more in the world zoos. Even the fish and birds. From toads to 🕷 spiders and 🐟 fish. They do it all. Endangered reptiles, no matter how dangerous. Today's zoos are awesome, educational and fun! But not cheap. The costs are scarey! Damn.

Jenny's Cake like me :(

They are obese vegan examples.

No shit, they have no other option

Wanna see a human that's more hippo than a hippo?

They are fed grains. Probably not...

? Best life possible ? Shall we lock you in a tiny enclosure, and you sleep on concrete ? ? Would you like it ? Idiot.

Humans are so arrogant they think they decide for other creatures what is good for their life. Insane.

Dante Gilbert how

Lmao like Alex from Madagascar. XD Or I guess like most of them. Just mostly Alex.

too bougie*

😂😂😂😂

Lavish J 😂😂😂

But no one looks that cute

LMAOOOO XD

Good to know, as this hard metal even makes me uncomfortable.

I mean, the walls could still do with a paint job, tbh. Maybe some blue or green.

DinoJake You think hippos care about aesthetics?

DinoJake the paint itself could be a health hazard for the hippos

@@thewolfofcomedy5966 It's not just aesthetics, it's about comfort. Paint on the walls wouldn't make a difference, but grass, trees and a natural body of water would. I can promise you that no animal enjoys being trapped in a barren confined space. This environment is not natural for them, and if they had a choice they would never voluntarily inhabit such an environment.

I rencently went to the Cincinnati Zoo for my birthday back in July. It was on my bucket list to see hippos, they've always been my favorite animal for some strange reason. But it was amazing to actually get to see the hippos! Fiona has gotten so big! They're definitely happy there! :)

Ill see them with from my rifile scope

Hey Christel, I love hippos but you are the most lucky, my fav animals are penguins and I bet there is plenty where you live, it must be dark over there now,,,no day at all?

leeoh moon uhhm there’s no penguins in Sweden😂

Because that's what it is.

feeding cell, they have a large enclosure ;)

Probably because they bite things, you could imagine that lol

That’s not funny why would you say “haha” you sick fuck 😡🤬🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 fuck you

@@kamronhardegree1743 Grow up!

Mario Johnson And pumpkins.

I've seen them eat cabbages and hoo boy. Really makes it clear why its important to stay outside of the enclosures!

I saw that too! Perfect pose!!

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Siouxiesue t

Best pose I’ve ever seen.

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Really, don't wish the wild on them. They are living a long , happy and healthy safe life. We sometimes thing the wild is nice, it is as hard on the animals as it is as we imagine. I don't think predator animals adapt to captivity as comfortably as prey animals seem to. Being safe is most important to prey animals. Predators need to hunt, safety be damned.

@spittu89 yes you know more than all the people who study them, care for them and care about them being in our lives in the future.

@spittu89 Mother Nature is a fucked up parent. Humans are better

@spittu89 you belong in the wild..

@@aderiusscott2220 anyone who feels like animals only deserve wild living, would never survive off a comfy couch

Ummmm you can literally train just about any animal to do many things, not that hard to believe

@Blood Beryl lol

Blood Beryl lmfao 😂 shut up

Drea It’s tricky, but it’s known as positive reinforcement where you reward the correct behavior. It works on human children too.

@Blood Beryl you can train reptiles too

Good one

Colorful plastic balls are not enough for their appetites.

It is sad that all animals can't live wild in their natural habitat. I believe all good zoos do a remarkable job educating the public and also with breeding programs.

deborah gate well look at it this way,some of these animals would’ve gone extinct a long time ago if it wasn’t for them being taken cared of in captivity:)

Many, many, many, many species thrive and live much longer in captivity than they do in the wild.

Life is much easier for the animals in a zoo, that's why they live longer lives.

SimmerFreek I know right I hate seeing chains and bars

You're a perfect little hippo.

@@chrisg2378 wtf lol

Lazurkri there jaws

Also they can run super fast

@@mattcraft8610 you forgot that their skin is stupidly thick enough to make most common calibers useless.

They're around a tonne, with thick armor like skin that can get to like 20mph. So think of a small car that might get pissed off or try to escape

@@andyt2k knew that; makes me wonder what they have in their armory to put one down if they have to go lethal- 50 caliber probably

....that’s a cow emoji

Duh I know, Apple doesn't have hippo emojis 😂😂

Dawn Lee lmfaooo

🦛🦛🦛🦛 They do now. 😭🥺💕

What about John?

Aleah C137 THE BENGALS? They will have their day again.

I think they'd have to pay the childcare workers a lot more!

"Honey. We need a bigger stroller."