He is part of an worldwide breeding program and will be marked to breed somewhere else with another female upon maturity.

“He loves the water and invests hours in the small swimming pool, so he is ready for the following step,” claimed sea manager Justin Valentine. However “he’s just little so about 10 to 15 minutes and he’s a bit tired and he has to relax. And then he’s back into it immediately,” he added.

Pygmy hippos are endangered, although it’s difficult to know their exact numbers due to their dense rain-forest habitat.