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Monday Smile: Baby hippo melts hearts

26 Feb 2024
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This baby hippo’s tiring journey was captured on a particularly sweltering day at the Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe. After trotting alongside its mother, the fatigue became too much for the little calf, with its short legs giving way in a comical plop – not once, but twice!  

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