Hippos help duckling trapped in a pond

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Sometimes all it takes is a little team work.

Although hippos are often joked about as being glutinous because of the Hasbro game ‘Hungry Hungry Hippos,’ they’ve proven that they can be something else: helpful.

A ducking got stuck in a pool of water at Diergaarde Blijdorp Zoo in the Netherlands, and no matter how hard the little guy tried, he just couldn’t jump high enough to get himself out.

No amount of chirping or mighty-duck power could get him over the ledge, and that’s when his friendly neighbour, the hippo, came to help.

At first, it looks as if the hippo is hungry as it approaches the duckling, but stereotypes are made to be broken.

Instead, the hippo tries to give him a little boost.

After a few failed attempts, the hippo swims away from the duckling, looking as if he’s through with fighting the good fight.

But, in a shocking development, he comes back – this time with back up: another hippo.

The two determined hippos then work together to bump the duckling to solid ground.

Finally, their plan works and the duckling runs at lightning speed to reunite with his mother, who’s watching off in the distance.

After all of that hard work, one of the hippos lets out a much deserved yawn, the conclusion to a job well done.