Baby Hippo Dances Underwater (VIDEO)

Talk about a day brightener. Last month, the San Diego Zoo uploaded this short video of Adhama, a seven-month-old baby hippo who has moves like you've never seen.

Adhama's care supervisor Matt Akel told the Daily Mail that the burgeoning dancer was born in January weighing 100 pounds.

'It's interesting that Adhama's personality has definitely blossomed," he said. "He's playing around with his mum and mouthing his mum. You see her push him around, but she's just playing. You see him stand up on the rock to take a breath, spin sideways and tumble in the water."

According to The Sun, the name Adhama means "honor" or "glory" in Swahili, and he is the fourth calf born to his mother, Funani.

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Comments

[ravensrun65]

12:28 PM on 08/01/2011

How sad to see you've shared a video of an animal held captive...Animals ARE NOT entertainment!

[Ayla McIntosh]

10:02 AM on 08/01/2011

Awwww, look at that hippo go!

[European1919]

06:51 AM on 08/01/2011

HAHA! Because I CAN!

[onebluebrick]

08:49 PM on 08/03/2011

I have medically examined many inmates who thought they could, too.

[carmenalex]

05:46 PM on 07/31/2011

Yipee!

[momoluvsu]

12:33 PM on 07/31/2011

Adorable, this reminds me of Water Aerobics.

[Forester]

12:37 PM on 07/30/2011

Big smile!
Sad they are in a zoo though.

[sllvereagles]

12:14 PM on 07/30/2011

NAME HIM ELVIS

[brbrbca]

12:14 PM on 07/30/2011

So cute and looks like mama is trying to tell baby to be careful. Animals are awesome as is there Creator.

[WalterRetlaw]

12:26 PM on 07/30/2011

Parasites and deadly bacteria are awesome as is there (sic) Creator... oh wait, no they're not.

[onebluebrick]

08:50 PM on 08/03/2011

Totally disrespectful.

[brbrbca]

12:28 AM on 08/04/2011

WalterRetlaw, Parasites and deadly bacteria have there place. Must you be so negative? Every form ballances nature. What an awesome creator!

[jennarosebrab]

11:21 AM on 07/30/2011

THIS IS SOOOO CUTE(: Makes me Laugh!!

[CJRobb]

11:13 AM on 07/30/2011

Watch Mom! Watch me roll around in the water! Hey don't push me, I can do this without help!

Cutest thing I have seen in a long time!

[cailintheepicone]

06:39 AM on 07/30/2011

What's this? A baby hippo dancing???? *clicks* AWWW! *faints from cute overload* Soo.... cute...

[j won]

05:09 AM on 07/30/2011

haha so you wanna see a real dancing hippo? he does it for the ladies too!

http://www.shortform.com/xjdub908x/my/fat-guy-dancing-black-eye-peas

[ssbbx1]

02:06 AM on 07/30/2011

So cool to see in person. Very cute..

[miik1791]

11:02 PM on 07/29/2011

Animals are awesome...I'd trade a whole lot of people for a few more animals

[Tammy Ruiz]

11:54 PM on 07/29/2011

AMEN to that!!!

[stupidpeopleallaroundme]

11:03 AM on 07/30/2011

most definitely!!

[Keil E]

09:02 PM on 07/29/2011

They are cute and seemingly docile but they've torn people to pieces for getting too close.

[EternalCMO]

11:44 PM on 07/29/2011

Not for nothing either, humans can be downright cruel to animals what with poaching and hunting for sport. But ya, they're very territorial animals to be appreciated from afar.

[RationalCaliGirl]

04:31 AM on 07/31/2011

Humans are hippos only natural enemy, so maybe that's why.