A Moment of Aww

At this moment, everyone's ginned-up on passions, good and bad. I just wanted to share this current event so filled with wonder and the 'Awwwww factor':


A rare, baby pygmy hippo!


Cuteness to sooth the savage soul.

I was just over at CNN and had to watch this ten times. I love pygmy hippos (love plain old hippos, I think they're cute too).

Yeah, they're cute until they crush your boat and eat you.

Hippos are suprisingly fast and have tremendously powerful jaws. They are almost as scary as raccoons.

Few living creatures are as scary as raccoons!

They are vicious and can kill cats, dogs, and even PEOPLE!

They are also very talented and there's a super stealthy sneak factor there. Not to mention that their entire species wears a mask and they can get into weird shit with their crafty little hands!

They are, however, delicious.

Not as delicious as hippo, of course. And nowhere near pygmy hippo standards, obviously.

As the token native in this thread I have to make sure that you use the entire animal and at least make those retarded hats out of their fur after you eat them.

It warms my cold heart

oh i dont have a cold heart.

want

There should be more pygmy animals. Cheetahs and elephants!

Have you ever seen a munchkin cat?

It's awful that they breed for a genetic defect, but damn those fuckers are cute.

Munchkin cat: Cute, but not a baby Cheetah!



I love that he's so cute but still kind of has that big cat "motherfucker, you are my dinner" look in his eyes.

It's like the manx... they have no tail but yet they have serious genetic spinal issues....

I'm not convinced... I must see more of these "cute" photos in order to make any sort of conclusion....

**backs away and hopes Twelve will go find all sorts of cute photos on teh internet**

Apparently they are responsible for more deaths than any other animal in Africa. Hippos, not raccoons.

Oh, you know, the raccoons are behind every hippo attack. They are the masterminds and hippos are simply carrying out orders.

The true threat is ants, guys. What do you think they're building underground all day?

A nuclear arsenal to wipe out humanity, duh.

Also delicious.

Freaking delicious.

There is rumor that the pygmy hippo is actually a radical socialist/communist/muslim that plans on eating all your money.

They are also super intelligent. Racoons infiltrated the Toronto city council in the 1990s and have been running the city at the municipal level since. Recently they instituted a city-wide mandatory composting program which forces their humans to separate the yummy edible garbage from the not so nice plasticy garbage, and leave it at the curb in handy accessible buffet formation.

It should be pointed out that the pygmy marmoset is the single cutest animal on the planet. Period. Baby albino pygmy marmosets are almost lethally adorable.