Watch : Splashing hippos spread joy on Twitter 

By The Nation

 

 

Twitter came alive on May 28 when a clip showing a hippopotamus family having fun in their new habitat in Chon Buri’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo was posted.

 

In fact, the clip of the family of three running into a pool one by one with huge splashes caught the eye of many tweeple since Dusit Zoo director Visit Arsaithamkul posted it.

 

 

The three animals had been transferred from Bangkok’s Dusit Zoo, known locally as Khao Din, when it shut its doors in September last year, while other animals were moved to other public zoos across the country. 

 

When asked about the names of the hippos, Visit said the first to run into the pool was called “Phom” or Skinny, and he was followed by “Ying” or Lady, and the last to get into the water was their child “Pee Mai” or New Year. 

 

He wrote: “[They] are very cheerful after being kept inside while their habitat was being repaired. Today they have the opportunity to jump into a huge pool.” 

 

When queried by tweeple about the legendary Mae or Mama Mali, who was the mascot of Dusit Zoo, Visit said she was old and had a small, shallow pool all to herself. Mae Mali was given to Dusit Zoo by the Netherlands in 1967, is now 53 years old and has as many 14 children. 

 

As of Thursday, Visit’s clip had been retweeted 38,800 times and had garnered 7,223 likes.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30370285

 

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41 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

In fact, the clip of the family of three running into a pool one by one with huge splashes caught the eye of many tweeple

who were then weally happy and gave a big wound of applause ..

wait so the Bangkok Dusit zoo has closed?  I enjoyed that several years ago.  Nice patch of greenery with the big lake

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He wrote: “[They] are very cheerful after being kept inside while their habitat was being repaired. Today they have the opportunity to jump into a huge pool.” 

....Or, they could have just been escaping from the heat....

Songkran police will be by soon.

Swimming naked and spraying a dangerously forceful jet of water.  Probably a 100,000 THB fine and 5 years in jail for the hippo.  Oh, wait a minute the hippo is already incarcerated.  Nevermind.

they look quite small, those hippos. those i saw in botswana (africa) were huge and frightening. according to national geographic, hippos kill around 500 people yearly in africa, more than lions or leopards

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