Berliner Zoo enchants visitors with a cute dwarf flow horse offspring!

Berliner Zoo enchants visitors with a cute dwarf flow horse offspring!

New luck in the Zoo Berlin: Mini-Hippo conquers the hearts

The Berlin Zoo has reason to celebrate: With the cute offspring of the dwarf flow horse, a true love story has emerged. The nurses are delighted and already share the first pictures of the sweet little one with the Facebook community. But until the visitors can admire the mini hippo live, it still needs a little patience.

The importance of conservation breeding for endangered animal species

The youngsters in the Berlin Zoo stand not only for cute moments, but also for the important work in the context of conservation breeding. Mini hippos are considered to be very endangered, and the population in West Africa is increasingly disappearing. With every new young animal that is born in the zoo, the zoo team contributes to the preservation of this fascinating way. Conservation breeding thus plays a crucial role in the protection of endangered animal species and helps to raise awareness of its precarious situation.

The peculiarities of the dwarf flow horses and their care

Although dwarf hippos love water, they are not good swimmers. Their way of moving through the water and repealing yourself from the ground makes it fascinating creatures. To protect the sensitive skin of the mini hippos, you will therefore receive daily foam baths in the Berlin Zoo. The animals produce a special secretion that looks like natural sun protection - a fascinating phenomenon that will also inspire the zoo visitors.

- Nag