VIDEO: Baby hippo learning to swim is adorable

A baby Pygmy Hippopotamus recently took his first steps into the water at the Melbourne Zoo in Australia.

Little Obi, which means ‘heart’ in the Nigerian Igbo language, had the support and encouragement he needed from mom, who was never too far away.

Watch the video:

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