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Charming young Harry pygmy hippopotamus, born just six days ago in the reserve in South Africa.

His mother, Hilda gave birth to a baby hippopotamus is quite successful, but alas, immediately after birth did not show it to anybody of attention, it just did not work the maternal instinct.
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Pygmy hippos in the wild are becoming rarer and rarer. According to the IUCN (World Conservation Union) in 1993, the natural population of pygmy hippos not exceed 3,000 copies, and the modern population is probably much smaller. Civil wars in the habitat type made it impossible to study and protection.

Adult animals reach 75-83 cm tall at the shoulders, 150-177 cm long and weigh 180-275 kg (ie, an order of magnitude less than the hippopotamus, reaching 4,500 kg). The color of the skin as thick as that of hippopotamus - brown or greenish-black, slightly lighter on the stomach.



Every three hours, Harry drank his portion of milk mixture in a separate room inside the house. He bathed in a small baby bath and kept under constant attention day and night.



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