PHOTOS: Adorable Newborn Pygmy Hippos

How about this for a cute animal? A pygmy hippo was born in Rotterdam on Wednesday, inspiring HuffPost Green to assemble this collection of pygmy hippo photos. Have a look and vote for your fave. Good luck picking - they're all so cute!

Newborn In Rotterdam

This pygmy hippopotamus was born on September 30th at the Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam. Here, it eats with its mother.

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[missbrightside]

Oh dear this may just give me a cute coma! Gah!!!

[gjohntheterrible]

Look Rush Limbaugh has a baby brother awwwwww.

[crayola 08b]

awww, the little guy is so cute. i wanna rub his tummy :)

[AbeMartin]

Nice photo of Glen Beck without his stage makeup.

[DandaPanda]

Please do not insult these little angels like that.

[pleurothallis1]

Kind of reminds me of Jon Gosselin..­..........­.

[fabricnthreads]

Such peaceful animals.

[mick7191]

Soon to be appearing in Paris Hilton's purse.

[pleurothallis1]

Soon to be appearing AS Paris Hilton's purse.....­..........­..

[angelv]

I want one

[Thomas Murphy]

Sure, there are those who go nuts over penguins (I do, too), and over little bulldogs and parakeets and ladybugs...but fur me, bud...'taint nothin' lahk a lil' HIPPO! LOVE 'em!

[pene]

are these naturally occurring creatures or engineered by us? just asking. they seem creepy.

[Thomas Murphy]

Boy...these lovely creatures scare you? Hey, just look in a mirror...

[pene]

and the horse you rode in on, buddy.

[Smirk]

They occur naturally.

[Tommygun264]

Unless there was some ancient alien breeding facility in West Africa, they became what they are naturally. I seem to recall hearing that hippos and pigs descended from a common small, ancestor not that much unlike contemporary pigs, so the size of the common hippo would actually be more of an evolutionary leap than the size of these little critters. Whatever the case, I find the pygmy hippos much more pleasant than the full-sized models. If you've ever been downwind of a hippo habitat in a zoo, I think you would agree.

[timmmahhhh]

Language debate: Official languages of Nigeria according to Wikipedia: English, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba
I am left to assume the name comes from one of the latter three.

Otherwise...HOW CUTE!!! Though if there were enough of them someone might try to make this the next Vietnamese Pot Belly Pig craze.

[expatwing]

I logged in just to comment on that - so thank you for beating me to the punch! There's no such language as 'Nigerian' HuffPost! We expect better from you!

[SionShankel]

But I really want one!

[NevadaLib]

Hippos are one of the most dangerous creatures on the face of the earth

[mollymac]

Well, we'll all be careful of this tiny little dangerous hippo!

[wilray]

Although, they're little, did you check out the size of the mouth and the teeth on the adult pygmy; I don't know if I would trust it.

[Harey]

Awwwww. I'm so glad that I can fall in love again!!

[rbarry647]

Very cute but certainly not as cute as the one-pound deer Rupert

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/r/rupert.htm

[rbarry647]

So sad that Rupert didn't make it

[firewmn]

Monifa was born at Australia's Taronga Zoo in 2008. Her name means "I am lucky" in Nigerian.

OKay..very lucky... BUT. ..

my gal here has a awesome unique name.. It is: Asiksik Eeematah- means- "Black Dog" in Blackfoot langauge...(I love her name and she is crazy about it too..)..lol