See Baby Hippo Refuse to Get Out of Pool Until He Gets ‘Mom Stare’

Zookeepers fail to get stubborn baby hippo out of the water. Then mama brings 'the stare.'

Want definitive proof that all living creatures share some inexplicable connection? Look no further than nature itself. In this case, by “nature” we mean viral footage of a baby hippo who refused to leave his pool playtime…until it was met with the “mom stare” we all know and fear. In an adorable clip shared by Kansas’ Tanganyika Wildlife Park, we see zookeepers try—and fail—to retrieve a five-week-old pygmy hippopotamus calf named Mars from a p…

See Baby Hippo Refuse to Get Out of Pool Until He Gets ‘Mom Stare’

Tanganyika Wildlife Park baby hippo Mars proved the “mom stare" is universal when he had a funny interaction with his mom, Posie, in a viral video.