r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • 2d ago

Baby hippo gets his first bath

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u/No_Let_6930 2d ago

No don't grow up, always remain a potat

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u/Dirtyradicator 1d ago

Well it is a pygmy hippopotamus so it will be relatively "small"

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u/Mean_Rule9823 2d ago

Forbidden puppy

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u/Gwilikers6 2d ago edited 2d ago

Imagining a sci-fi episode of some TV show where an alternate planet finds this infant and thinks it's a cute pet only to have it grow to 2,000 pound, hyper aggressive, shit spraying beast

E: I managed to underestimate their weight lol

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u/ssss861 2d ago

Oh yeah totally forgot about the explosive shits ...

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u/proxyproxyomega 2d ago

Futurama Season 6, Episode 10. Fry nurtures an alien egg out of which hatches a monster.

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u/Gwilikers6 2d ago

The bonesucker!!!!

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u/a_complex_one 2d ago

And yet it will grow to be a 1000 pound, death-dealing, lake-ruling God

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u/NCC74656-A 2d ago

And we shall feed it melons, lots of melons.

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u/Turbulent_Ad1667 2d ago

Cute! Little guy looks hungry, hungry...

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u/dreamdaddy123 2d ago

Melon Lord 🙏

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u/PlaguedByUnderwear 2d ago

All I have are a bunch marbles for the hungry, hungry hippo D:

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u/OPtig 2d ago

Uhm akshully, this is a pygmy hippo. They only grow to be 300lbs and aren't particularly dangerous. Baby hippos are way bigger than this.

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u/widdlenpuke 2d ago

Yes, and no. My father was a zoo veterinarian and once while trying to help capture an escaped pygmy hippo, I saw it chase a keeper who had to scramble up a tree. It really wanted to hurt him. With 9 inch tusks they are fearsome.

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u/Sinedeo77 2d ago

More like 3,000 lbs

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u/FarAlfalfa620 2d ago

He should pick it up everyday and see if he can handle it full grown

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u/Galactic_Perimeter 2d ago

Homie got soap in his eyes bro wtf

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u/Malevolent_Mangoes 2d ago

Probably baby shampoo so it doesn’t sting

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u/GaijinChef 2d ago

insert very old family guy clip of johnson&johnson laughing maniacally about the fact that their no more tears shampoo indeed makes people cry

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u/bertbirdie 2d ago

It’s actually not soap, but a natural secretion from the hippo’s skin! It looks soapy when it gets wet, but it’s just something their skin produces on its own to protect itself.

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u/Suds08 2d ago

Interesting. TIL

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u/Ill-Animator-4403 2d ago edited 2d ago

It’s not soap. It’s the hippo’s own fluid. It helps as protection from harmful solar rays.

Pygmy hippos secrete fluid to protect themselves from the sun. This white stuff is a result of that. It isn’t soap. You can literally see how it doesn’t bubble up like normal soap.

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u/TheNotoriousKD 2d ago edited 2d ago

Because it is soap. Look at the ground after he washes it off, that’s soap.

Also, hippo sweat is clear and it doesn’t turn white like human sweat. After it comes out of the skin it turns red/pink/crimson.

Edit: i was wrong, apparently this is a pygmy hippopotamus

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u/dandroid126 2d ago

This was posted like a week ago and someone even linked to the article from the zoo this was taken at, and they said it wasn't soap.

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u/Ill-Animator-4403 2d ago

You are referring to the hippopotamus. The one in the video is a pygmy hippopotamus. Very different animals. The pygmy is nocturnal and its skin is very easily dehydrated. It secretes a substance with a pinkish-white tint to combat this. That of the hippopotamus is darker.

Also I don’t know why the person washing it would just apply soap and not rub it in. It’s clearly just a rinse.

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u/TheNotoriousKD 2d ago

Aah thank you for the detailed explanation! Learned something new today! Could you make decent soap out of that though? It really looks like soap lol

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u/Curly-Pat 2d ago

Yep, that made me mad too.

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u/AltruMux 2d ago

Can't fool me, that's a house hippo.

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u/cleetus76 2d ago

Canadian here, can confirm. Near the same size as my house hippo.

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u/Rutdawg811 2d ago

Sorry, but why does a hippo need a bath?

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u/VaultedRYNO 2d ago

because babies when kept in captivity can begin to stink alot and when they are young they need to be examined alot for medical stuff so keeping them clean is good practice.

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u/Ok-Ratio-Spiral 2d ago

I'm guessing the wild babies don't smell much better

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u/VaultedRYNO 2d ago

I dont imagine they do but yknow they have the whole outside to be stinky in. In an enclosure that smell def gets worse.

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u/getyerhandoffit 2d ago

r/alot

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u/VaultedRYNO 1d ago

damn I will never recover from this.

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u/GuildensternLives 2d ago

I'm pretty sure this is a pygmy hippo, not a standard "rising from the depths to eat your whole boat" type.

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u/Jouglet 2d ago

Normal hippo babies are over 55 pounds at birth. That is WAY smaller!

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u/Shantomette 2d ago

Anyone else super surprised they are born so small? Like a horse is born and it’s 10 times that size. For a such a huge animal you’d think the offspring would be bigger.

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u/OPtig 2d ago

You're totally right. This is a pygmy hippo. They're constantly misidentified on reddit. They're way smaller and cuter than baby hippos.

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u/Mabel_Jenkins 2d ago

I watched a Panda being born on Reddit recently and was so surprised at how tiny he was. Like the size of a newborn kitten.

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u/SamanthaTwiglet 2d ago

Baby Hippo: "Don't Eat me Hooman"

1 year later

Hippo: "I'll straight up CHOMP your ass"

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u/FlatPatience2054 2d ago

He’s definitely ticklish

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u/unrecognizable2myslf 2d ago

Cute..... until they bite you in half.

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u/DrEvil007 2d ago

My man should be using a loofah, not a sponge meant for dishes!

Although, that sponge might be more satisfying come to think of it.

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u/Dawndrell 2d ago

HE DOESNT WANT TO BE CLEAN!!

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u/shingaladaz 2d ago

This sub needs mods.

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u/Heyitsjoe80 2d ago

I literally went, "why? that made me say r/aww." Looks up to see I'm in /r/oddlysatisfying "Oh, ya right"

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u/shingaladaz 2d ago

Yeah. There’s nowt wrong with the cute post, it’s just not really relevant to the sub.

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u/nyl2k8 2d ago

If scientists can make square melons, then surely they can make pigmy hippos! Get to work you useless scientists! *slams fist on table.

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u/Crystal_Lily 2d ago

There are already pygmy hippos in existence though?

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u/OPtig 2d ago

This image is of a pygmy hippo, not a hippo. Baby hippos are 55lbs at birth

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u/morcic 2d ago

A mini squeegee would get him dry quickly!

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u/watch-me-bloom 2d ago

I want no responsibility, just to be a tiny hippo getting a bath

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u/Designer_Violinist74 2d ago

What an adorable little death machine.

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u/Rydock 2d ago

House hippo is real!

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u/Max2993 2d ago

Wow! Another satisfying video on r/oddlysatisfying!

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u/justmypostingname 2d ago

Welp, guesss I want baby hippo now.

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u/Shawarma_llama467 2d ago

Aww she gonna grow up & eat watermelons &....zebras

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u/bestestopinion 2d ago

It is of utmost importance that we domesticate these things for pets.

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u/Historical_Dentonian 2d ago

Frenchies and English Bulldogs have this covered. They’re called “house hippos” for a reason

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u/Best-Team-5354 2d ago

Only time it's safe to get that close to a hippo.

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u/allursnakes 2d ago

Soap in the eyes.

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u/Noir_flatfoot 2d ago

im a dude and all but 😍

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u/hillsb1 2d ago

Are dudes not allowed to think things are cute?

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u/Noir_flatfoot 1d ago

stereotype joke

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u/elspotto 2d ago

Caretaker destroyed by river horse.

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u/mindharbinger 2d ago

It's cute for about 9 months, then the behemoth shows up.

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u/Snoopy_Santucci 2d ago

Hippos don't need to be cleaned. They can survive in dirty water 🤦🏻

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u/VaultedRYNO 2d ago

But this is at a zoo and just because they can survive in dirty water doesnt mean its prebably best they keep their animals clean so that filth and disease cannot accumulate within the limited area.

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u/Ill-Animator-4403 2d ago

It’s not even being cleaned. It’s being rinsed off. The white fluid is produced by the hippo in response.

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u/Skeets5977 2d ago

Prepping the hippo for how they bathe in the wild….with sponges and soap.

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u/Historical_Dentonian 2d ago

Don’t kid yourself. That hippo is a tourist attraction.

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u/ToYourCredit 2d ago

Why a bath? They live and wallow in mud.

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u/mks113 2d ago

This is a pygmy hippo. They don't spend most of their lives in the water, unlike their larger relatives.

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u/Creative_Victory_960 2d ago

It looks tiny even for a baby . Is it some different sub specie of hippo?

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u/FreeToBeYouAndMe2 2d ago

Ummm that’s my Spirit Animal right there!

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u/noclassbrat 2d ago

It's cute but not oddly satisfying at all

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u/Have_a_nice_dayyy 2d ago

He is cold! Can’t u see him shaking! Use warmer water!

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u/QuietSkylines 2d ago

My brain can't comprehend how cute it is.

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u/ben_kaya1 2d ago

Happy hippo

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u/navalnys_revenge 2d ago

That's a weird looking eggplant

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u/Glum_Status 2d ago

Why the music? I want to hear if it's making cute chirps and squeaks!

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u/cursed-annoyance 2d ago

Me washing my gummybear after it fell on the floor

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u/RoadHazard 2d ago

Just wait until he figures out how to walk backwards.

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u/Ok_Natural2268 2d ago

But why? Do they usually wash in soap?

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u/I_like_earl_grey_tea 2d ago

Look at the baby killing machine 🥰

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u/HammamDaib 2d ago

Miniature killing machine!

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u/Jemppu00 2d ago

Smol water potato

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u/JohnnyJacknbox 2d ago

I bet that baby could bite your finger off too. Their jaw power is insane.

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u/its10pm 2d ago

I want a house hippo!

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u/gloop524 2d ago

Baby hippo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo

Baby hippo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo

Baby hippo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo

Baby hippo

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u/alex_jacklin 2d ago

blud is like LET ME OUTWUJBDGSA

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u/SIMPSONBORT 2d ago

A house hippo :)

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u/Used-Possibility299 2d ago

How do I acquire a baby hippo?

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u/Redmudgirl 2d ago

Omg! Cuteness overload🥰

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u/NocturnalPermission 2d ago

Great. Now I want a baby hippo.

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u/Objective_Cake_2715 2d ago

This made me happy

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u/Therealfern1 2d ago

That’s a baby death potato

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u/LoLoGlaze 2d ago

I would gladly bathe baby hippos for free.

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u/buzzkiller2u 2d ago

All I can say is enjoy them while they're young. They grow up so fast.

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u/Loring 1d ago

Queue generic ass piano music...

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u/Wayside56 1d ago

I didn’t consent to being recorded during bath time!?

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u/MonPaysCesHiver 1d ago

Hippo needs bath?

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u/Georgep0rwell 1d ago

Just leave it alone. Why do you have to futz with it?

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u/Omeirawana 1d ago

“Let go baby hippo!”

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u/Amateur-Biotic 1d ago

Cute, but I don't think animals need soap.

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u/AwwwNuggetz 1d ago

That’s not a hippo. It’s just a potomus

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u/TheSingingRonin 1d ago

Sir, do you have a license for being that unbelievably adorable?

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u/nametakenfuck 1d ago

Poor bebe, is that necessary?

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u/solanis1359 1d ago

If not friend, then why friend shaped?

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u/techoseven 2d ago

whattt thats a hippo? i thought they would be bigger

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u/ReptileCake 2d ago

It baby

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u/OPtig 2d ago

No, it's a baby pygmy hippo

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u/NoobyBoiByte 2d ago

This sub has genuinely fallen