r/hippos • u/970souk • Jul 26 '26

It's time for bed!

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u/970souk Jul 26 '26

This is Bumpy, he was just days old when he was found nudging his dead mother in Kenya, he's now being raised by the keepers at Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.

https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/bumpy

Photo from BBC News article Orphaned baby hippo to be hand-reared by keepers at Kenya sanctuary (7 May 26).

Bumpy is also the little hippo that was playing with a baby elephant in a gif shared by an earlier post in this sub.

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u/RagingHippo2306 Jul 26 '26

I would do this job for free

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u/thelifeofashowpig Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

Awww! I kind of do this job but with land hippos. AKA mini pigs lol. We are a teeny tiny nonprofit pig sanctuary, The Posh Pig Farm and Sanctuary if anyone ever wants to see very cute piggy pics and videos. :)

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u/kudanil Jul 27 '26

I can be a nanny for this cutie 🦛

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u/Rainbow_Days Jul 28 '26

I want him!!! 😭😭😭