HOW CUTE 😍 The San Diego Zoo welcomed the first successful pygmy hippo birth at the zoo in more than 30 years! He doesn't have a name yet, but wildlife specialists say he's an overachiever, meeting or surpassing important milestones in healthy development. wfla.com 📹: @sandiegozoo | WFLA News Channel 8

SWEET HIPPO BABY! After the mom gave birth to two stillborn calves in the last two years, she finally has a healthy baby boy! Welcome to the world, little one! 💙 STORY: https://bit.ly/3nXB1NS | FOX 13 News - Tampa Bay

Heart-melting sighting of hippo momma giving birth!!! Exciting how baby hippo dives straight and the mother has to hutty and grab the critter from drifting far into danger. The natural instincts of a mother to protect and that of animal to surval is always alive!!! #nature #hippo #hippos #hippobaby #babyhippo #hippobirthing #calvingseason #hippopotamus #wildlife #boatcruise #boatsafari #fblifestyle #hippomother #motherslove | Wildfriends Africa

Hippos give birth to one calf at a time, which means they get plenty of mom's attention ❤️ | explore.org

This tiny newborn hippo baby took its first dive and swam like a natural right after birth — no lessons needed! A rare and heart-melting sighting ever seen, witnessing nature's little swimmer embrace the water within moments of entering the world! 🦛💦❤️ After taking its very first breath, it stayed close to its mother, floating - new life begins!❤️🦛 While baby hippos are born underwater and can immediately nurse underwater, they cannot truly "swim" in the way other animals do and rely on their