(29 Oct 2024)
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Berlin, Germany – 29 October 2024
1. Pygmy hippo Toni eating peanuts
2. Pygmy Toni and her mother Debbie eating peanuts
3. Toni and Debbie in their enclosure
4. Pygmy hippo Toni eating peanuts
5. Debbie and Toni gliding into the water
6. Toni and Debbie underwater
7. Mother Debbie diving under
8. Pymgy hippo Toni underwater
9. SOUNDBITE (German) Florian Sicks, Curator for Mammals at Berlin Zoo:
“Today is the first day that Tony will be seen underwater by the public for the first time. Here in our beautiful hippopotamus house at Berlin Zoo, there is a great opportunity to observe pygmy hippos and also the large hippos underwater. And that’s a completely different impression to what you’ve been able to experience in the outdoor enclosure so far. When you see how Tony moves almost weightlessly across the floor, how she pirouettes in the water and always pushes herself away from her mother and almost plays with her. It’s very enchanting.”
10. Debbie and Toni gliding through the water
11. Debbie pushing herself off a rock to glide through the water
12. Toni is diving under water and imitating her mothers movements
13. SOUNDBITE (German) Florian Sicks, Curator for Mammals at Berlin Zoo:
“Toni is now almost five months old. And she is developing splendidly, as expected for a pygmy hippopotamus. She has now increased her birth weight almost tenfold, or more than tenfold. She is even showing her first teeth. She is already eating a bit of hay and nibbling on the peanuts. Otherwise she is heavily dependent on her mother’s milk. But she is developing as we would expect for a pygmy hippopotamus, still resting a lot, but there are always some nice periods of activity where you can watch her romping around.”
14. Toni under water with photographers taking pictures
15. Toni diving up near the glass
16. SOUNDBITE (German) Florian Sicks, Curator for Mammals at Berlin Zoo:
“Debbie does the whole thing brilliantly. She’s already a very experienced mum. She had already raised three calves before Toni and knows exactly what to do. She’s always there when things could get a bit critical. For example, if Toni ventures into water that is too deep, she is there and offers to help them get back up because they can’t really swim, but rather float. So she has it fully under control. We don’t have to do anything. The most important thing is that we keep a low profile and leave them to themselves.”
17. Toni cuddling with her mother Debbie
18. Toni leaving the water
19. Toni checking for peanuts
20. Toni and Debbie going for another swim and diving into the water again
STORYLINE:
A pygmy hippopotamus was seen swimming underwater by the public for the first time on Tuesday at Berlin Zoo.
Through a glass wall, the visitors were able to watch Toni and her fellow hippos in their enclosure.
The zoo’s Curator for Mammals Florian Sick said that visitors now had "a great opportunity to observe pygmy hippos and also the large hippos underwater."
Before Toni’s birth, her mother Debbie had raised three calves between 2004 and 2008.
Berlin Zoo first bred a pygmy hippopotamus in 1921.
AP Video shot by Fanny Brodersen
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