VIDEO: pygmy hippo calf taking its first bath

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Hippopotamus Calf leads water for the first time

June 18, 2015 Last updated at 16:47 BST clock

Pygmy hippo calf took to the water for the first time with his mother in the zoo in Melbourne.

His teacher, Justin Valentine said Obi was gaining momentum and was well done.

Obi was born on May 25 3 weeks old and now.

Adults grow to about 75 cm high and weigh about 250 kg, about one-quarter the size of a hippo full size.

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