Definitive Proof That There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Baby Hippo Learning To Swim

Baby pygmy hippo Obi might only be 3 weeks old, but he sure is getting the hang of this whole swimming thing.

Obi and his mom, Petre, ventured into a large pool at the Melbourne Zoo last week

For the past few weeks, Obi — whose name means “heart” in Igbo, a Nigerian language — had been learning to swim in a shallow nursery pool, but zookeepers thought it was time for him to take the next step.

Pygmy hippos, which grow to about one-quarter the weight of a regular hippopotamusfew thousand

Below are a few GIFs so you can watch Obi on an infinite loop: