7 Mind-Blowing Hippo Facts | Howstuffworks

Watch as this Hippo enjoys a mud bath and falls asleep in Kruger National Park, South Africa. #animals #safari #nature #wildlife #amazing | Wildest Kruger Sightings

Hippos spend the majority of the day soaking in water or mud to keep their skin moist and bodies cool. | Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

AW! Gloria the baby hippo swam around the deep pool at the Beauval Zoo in France for the first time on Monday. The almost three-week-old hippo had her mom close by for support. | CBS Newspath

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