Double take

by Meg on April 17, 2006

Hippopup_1At first glance, it’s really hard to see the lil’ Hippo pup. Then you’re all: "Aie!!! Holy Mother to Baby Nostril Ratio!1!"

Snorting, watery props to Wayne H. ;)

{ 46 comments }

1 ladykiss 04.17.06 at 9:41 pm

yipppeee hippos!! baby hippos are so anerable!!! wooohooo!! heh heh heh

2 E. Collison 04.17.06 at 9:42 pm

“A thing, accompanied by a smaller version of that thing, is always..”

2QUTE!!

3 E. Collison 04.17.06 at 9:42 pm

Ear ratio, too…

4 Katharine 04.17.06 at 9:43 pm

That’s one big mama! Don’t sit on your baby!

5 jaypo 04.17.06 at 9:46 pm

*LOVE* the wee wrinkly eyes on Baby

6 M- 04.17.06 at 9:47 pm

Awwww… you can almost see the baby thinking “I think I can, I think I can” as he swims and mommy so patiently behind guiding his way…. ssooooo sweet!!!!!

7 Mel 04.17.06 at 9:48 pm

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas! Only a hippopotamus will do!

8 ariel 04.17.06 at 9:51 pm

AAAAAH!! so cute it makes me want to coo and murmur en francais!

9 Theo 04.17.06 at 9:53 pm

Reminds me of #10 on the LiveJournal icons…
http://community.livejournal.com/tamaduh/3779.html

10 sadie_asher 04.17.06 at 9:55 pm

I love baby hippo-piggies!!!

11 Hammy 04.17.06 at 9:57 pm

Cute little one!!!!

12 ariel 04.17.06 at 9:58 pm

nage, mon petit hippopotame! rame!

13 Theo 04.17.06 at 10:00 pm

Regardez, Maman! Je suis une feuille sur le vent!

14 maymee 04.17.06 at 10:02 pm

The baby is SOOOOO KEY-OOT but the mama is kinda scaring me.
*cowers*

15 Hammy 04.17.06 at 10:10 pm

ariel, Theo- What language is that in?

16 little miao 04.17.06 at 10:13 pm

Awwwwwww, a hippo-pigglet and its momma! The baby is so tiny, and its pink ears are just too cute.

17 Shannon 04.17.06 at 10:47 pm

The baby looks like she’s dog paddling like *crazy.* Or would that be hippaddling?

18 ka9q's wife 04.17.06 at 10:53 pm

Just a reminder hippos kill kill people. They have been known to capsize boats Not sure why. Sure the little on is keee-ute with a capitol keee, but momma is a bit luny with a huge mouth. I know they have huge tusk things but the breath will kill you.

19 Wendy 04.17.06 at 10:54 pm

Awwwwwwww. Poor wittle baby looks completely freaked out! Looks as if s/he’s screaming, “SOMEBODY HELP ME, I THINK I’M DROWNING!

Cuteness, in a hippo kind of way.

20 Jan Spencer 04.17.06 at 10:57 pm

Awww! It’s like mommy is coaching baby to swim, telling her baby “you are doing great!” Kinda like a parent with their child when they are riding a bike for the first time.

21 faye 04.17.06 at 11:20 pm

shes going to eat her own baby! watch out!

22 sadie_asher 04.17.06 at 11:21 pm

Hammy, Tu ne parle pas Francais??! Mon dieu! C’est la langue d’amour!!

Please excuse the lack of accents in my French. :)

23 Jes 04.18.06 at 3:52 am

Je suis Batman.

24 Christabean 04.18.06 at 5:13 am

oh my god, this picture is so awesome. Mommy hippo can eat a whole boatful of tourists before the good karma of producing a baby that cute wears off.

25 Subhangi 04.18.06 at 6:55 am

AIEEEEEEEEE!!! Lil’ baby hippie!!!!

*gets into the pond to snorgle, only to realise it isn’t a pond, but mama’s mouth*

26 A thinker 04.18.06 at 12:20 pm

The mother’s nostrils and baby’s ears are remarkably well-mirrored. Look about the same size too.

27 ariel 04.18.06 at 1:14 pm

jambon-nie!
it’s french.

28 Theo 04.18.06 at 1:55 pm

Jes: Je roule sur le plancher tout en riant.

(If it weren’t for Babelfish, I’d be sunk.)

29 Michele 04.18.06 at 2:43 pm

its cute now, but just wait until it bites an antelope in half

30 Rhea H. 04.18.06 at 3:55 pm

Too, cute!!!

31 ariel 04.18.06 at 5:22 pm

ah, oui, sseeo.

32 hashi 04.18.06 at 6:21 pm

GRENOUILLE SONT VERT! VOULEZ VOUS MANGER AVEC MOI, CE SOIR??!!?

ahem. cute hippo :)

33 Theo 04.18.06 at 6:50 pm

Hashi Marmalade — BabelFish makes total hash out of that. You should try it.
“PLEASE EAT ITSELF WITH ME…”

34 Brak_Silverbone 04.19.06 at 12:11 am

The baby looks like he’s saying “OHMYGOSH THIS WATER IS **COLD!**”

35 Hammy 04.19.06 at 12:12 am

Theo, Ariel- Give me a few words in BableFish, and French that I can learn, I want i too, ahhh…

36 Theo 04.19.06 at 1:02 am

http://world.altavista.com/tr

“Je ne suis pas certain si mon nom signifie que j’apprécie mon rongeur d’animal de compagnie, ou porc rôti.”

37 Theo 04.19.06 at 1:04 am

Oh hey, I found a bigger version of the earlier pic that this post reminded me of:
http://imreallysad.com/109

38 Theo 04.19.06 at 1:08 am

…and speaking of (unrelated) double-takes:

http://imreallysad.com/299

“Mister Sandman, bring me a dream
“Make him the cutest hippo I’ve ever seen…”

39 Hammy 04.19.06 at 1:10 am

Theo- “I am not certain if my name means that I appreciate my rodent of pet, or roast pig.”

Is that what it means?

40 Theo 04.19.06 at 1:14 am

Yep, that’s the half-magic of Altavista Babelfish. I used to spend hours translating and un-translating nursery rhymes, just to see how butchered & funny they turned out. Imagine if the U.N. had to depend on BabelFish to function…

41 Hammy 04.19.06 at 1:15 am

sadie-asher- No I do not speak, or understand any french!

42 Hammy 04.19.06 at 1:16 am

Theo-Thank you Theo!!!! You have really weird things to say dude!!!!

43 Poppy (France) 04.19.06 at 3:59 pm

ahah! this one is great!!je préfêre le premier ;-) !!
très mignon (la différence de taille est incroyable!!)

44 sarah 04.28.06 at 5:47 am

do you have an email address so i can send you a pic of my puppy dog?

45 Hazel 05.08.06 at 2:09 am

Aww..! It’s so adorable… Eh, it can kill people and other animals all it wants. It’s cute now, so it can live forever, being known as that “cute little thing” even when it eats people. (I’m VERY tired.)

46 sierra 09.01.06 at 7:47 am

thats so cute. my faveret animal is hippo.

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