Hippo Fiona's Morning Routine (Fiona Show S3 Ep7) - Cincinnati Zoo
2018 ж. 11 Қаз.
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Baby Hippo Fiona is now 850 plus lbs and is on her way to being a full grown hippo. Here is a peak behind the scenes in the hippo barn as her care team shows the morning routine.
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I love that, "Fiona will eat your hay.." and then the camera pans to her face full of hay. 0:57
Collin that was literally the cutest part ever lol
Collin My favorite moment. “Who me?”
Toooo tooo cute ❤️❤️❤️
That was adorable!!
Shoutout to the editors
I love that her ears flap when she’s happy to see her friend :) that’s gotta be one of the cutest things ever
J.London wht minute
0:25-0:26
J.London I agree
i think ear wiggling shows confidence
Yes her ears they wiggle love it😍😍😍😍
I remember the days when she was so small now look at her a giant water potato
A giant toddler
Me to
She’s growing up really fast I remember when she was born 🥲
It amazes me to this day that Fiona was only 29 pounds when she was born and now she's over 1,500 pounds. It seems like just yesterday she was only a tiny little baby!
Keeper: "Fiona will eat her hay" Fiona: (with a mouthful of hay) Who me?
When she looks up with a mouth full of hay my heart melted.
Mine too! ♥️
Boop 😭 lol
The best 💋
Mine too!
I'm curious as to why the hippo's sleep indoors.? The area is so serile with all that stainless steel and buzzers blasting. Surely they would be happier sleeping outdoors where they can access the pool. ?
Most dangerous animal on the planet right there. Also the cutest
@Scribbles Lol
I was thinking that the whole time it’s hard to believe they can be so cute and so dangerous at the same time
They are dangerous because they are territorial and big, its not about being a predator or viscous. Notice how the zoo keepers pet them and reach in to feed them, they dont fo that with lions.
@@jimyarbrough9935 Except something like a gorilla won't kill you for walking into its territory
No humans are and hippos are cuter
Hippos are so adorable it hurts 😩 I just wanna hug them without dying
Just stop being so picky about what happens after the hug and go for it
Yep. It's that dying that gets me too
Sassafras Paul pshhhhhh small price to pay
They are so dangerous bt cute
I think we should all go for it when we are old
Been hearing my whole life how dangerous hippos are. And y'all have them trained better than my cat.
to be fair, their ability to turn a human into mincemeat is part of why they have to be trained so well haha
if you see a hippo irl just don't think they'll be as nice as fiona
They get into proverbial fistfights with crocodiles; one of the earliest apex predators on Earth (been around for about 80 million years). I think they've earned the title of dangerous by default.
@@as7river also the fact that they kill people where I live... you can go into your backyard and a bunch of hippos will have u for dinner.
@@squidzo4265 where do you live? For research purposes... I have a map of places not to visit. So far it is just Australia.
It's truly a sight seeing how Fiona's gotten big and strong. The staff did great work and should be proud. It takes a village.
Lord Bloodraven the hippos killed the village
Eye need Moeney no. Fiona was born 2 months early. The staff were with her 24/7 and even the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital helped. There’s a whole playlist about her story.
An old,but true,saying for sure.
@@allegedrain878 no, that was rge hippies, not the hippos, you’re thinking of lol
It takes a village to raise a hippo?
The babies ears when she says hello 😍
As a veterinary professional, I loved this view of the “behind the scenes” look at hippo nutrition and husbandry practices. Awesome! Thanks for posting
Yeah not too mention their unchanging small artificial prison like environment.
@@theog2093 true but how else would you design it to make the environment safe for both animals and keepers?
The behind the scenes stuff for zoos is always so interesting to me. It's not like they just stick the animal in a pen and leave it there, they're always training them and giving them new kinds of stimulation and challenge, while also making it easier and safer to work with them.
Mama goes in gracefully and slowly. Fiona just cannonballs right in Adorable
ah! i remember fiona when she was a little baby! she was such a cute little water loaf :) she's grown so much since then!
Chase the Stars your acting like you met the animal or its your family’s baby that u haven’t seen in a while 😂😂😂
"Water loaf" lmao. I prefer to call them "tank puppies"
Awww... Fiona ear-twirled at Jenna when she saw her...
That was really cute when she did that.
omg yes it was so cute
ouch. cute
Thinking about food is all
theres no denying she loves jenna. i saw her kiss her when she was a baby with all her heart. i bet the love she feels for jenna and her human moms and dads had just as much to do with the twirls as the food did. but it was a good combination.
This is one of my favorite Fiona videos. Love it when the caretaker is taking to Fiona’s mom and says to her, you don’t want your hay, Fiona will eat your hay. Next shot is of Fiona with a mouthful of hay with a look on her face that says, who me?
“Fiona will eat your hay!” Fiona; 👁👄👁
I trained my dogs to take their " medicine" for yrs ( flax seed oil) so that way if they needed to take medicine, they could. So my 7 yr old pom has no problem taking his pain pills now. It's a really good thing to do.
Would you mind explaining the procedure you did
Casy I think what he did was positive reinforced.
Ohhh muhhh gawwww your dog is a junkie now. Jajajajajaja you pimp him out to get pain pills too
@@casy6203 i would give meds to my dog. and then treat. sometimes he wouldn’t like it, so i would wrap it in cheese or peanut butter.
It's not really necessary and it's excessive or basically overkill to train your cat or dog to take meds. For cats you just shoot the pills in, close their mouths and rub their necks and the pills go right down. As for dogs, you just stick them in something like a Pill Pocket, Hot Dog, or any piece of food and down the pills go. If they do spit them back out you just pick them up off the floor and try a different food or just hold your dogs mouth shut til he swallows. They train the hippos because you can't go in with them and pick up pills they spit out or don't want to take and you certainly can't hold their mouths closed.
Fiona is adorable her little personality is so cute
I know...
I can't get enough of Fiona. She's so adorable. She has a celebrity personality. I have probably watched every video of her on KZhead. Thank you to the wonderful staff at Cincinnati Zoo for doing such a great job, and taking care of these wonderful animals like their own children. You really have to be a special kind of a person to do this job. These animals are so precious. Thank you.
God's beautiful and precious gifts to us, to.treasure, love, respect, and to care for😇🥰🦛🦛🦛🦛💝
@@pagall3857 I'm an American 😀
I love seeing how much Fiona has grown. Her little ears wiggles are so adorable 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Lookout I think moto moto likes you
Cara Deville I was looking for this comment before even watching the video😂😂
Yeah girl, name so finee, you gonna say it ✌️.
I like em BIG I LIKE THM CHUNCKEY !,!!!!,
hErE hE cOmeS!
He likes ‘em big, he likes ‘em chunky. He likes ‘em big, he likes ‘em plumpy. He likes ‘em round with somethin’ somethin’
The mutualistic relationship between the fish and the hippos that they took advantage of for the hippos care was brilliant. The fish also add a neat flare to the enclosure.
It's a lot of work Keeping that water clean
I never thought much about hippos until I started following Fiona on Facebook. Now I'm absolutely fascinated with them. Thank you Fiona for raising my awareness.
I can't believe she's so grown after all she went through on her early days. So proud to have seen her throughout her journey. There's more to come 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 love you Fiona, and thank you for taking care of her 🙏😭😍☺️
It's a pleasure to see Fiona grow strong and healthy.
Disclaimer Its an indoor enclosure they have a pool outside :)
Good to know, as this hard metal even makes me uncomfortable.
I mean, the walls could still do with a paint job, tbh. Maybe some blue or green.
DinoJake You think hippos care about aesthetics?
DinoJake the paint itself could be a health hazard for the hippos
@@thewolfofcomedy5966 It's not just aesthetics, it's about comfort. Paint on the walls wouldn't make a difference, but grass, trees and a natural body of water would. I can promise you that no animal enjoys being trapped in a barren confined space. This environment is not natural for them, and if they had a choice they would never voluntarily inhabit such an environment.
Adorable amazing animals.
So so jealous of you...best job EVER!!! Love how happy Fiona gets, so cute!! ❤❤❤
aww when she gets excited she wiggles her ears 💕
It was so cute to see Fiona' s reaction To Jenna...her tail was wagging so much it was too too cute. Glad they are getting such great care...Thanks to the great staff!
She's not a dog. The wagging tail has nothing to do with her being happy.
Jenna was there when Fiona was born and help take care of her before Fiona knew who Bibi was, humans were all she knew. Her reaction is like a dog the only difference is she is a wild animal. She likes humans they raised her from a babe she would be dead if not for them.
I liked the ear wiggle more.
hippos wag tails when they poop.
Yea it's cool, but also important that you don't get an unrealistic idea on what nature really is. Go try to feed it outside of a cage and it will likely rip you into pieces. Hippos kill more people than Lions
This is amazing. The hard work, care and love on the part of everyone involved with making Bibi, Tucker, Fiona and Fritz's life a good one is heartwarming to see. Cincinnati Zoo should be the flagship for how all zoos need to run since they are obviously doing this for the right reasons. Thank you Cincy Zoo for loving all of your residents!
Flagship? Or the Premier small artificial enviroment prison for exotic wild animals.
Well said. 🙂
All true public zoos are run like this. Not the tiger guys fake zoo with badly treated and underwear animals. The Chinese zoos, European zoos...Australian zoos, all the world zoos have a network set up monitoring each animals DNA and breeding so they trade animals to make sure there is no longer inbreeding. Keeping the gene pool strong for future world to see! A nuke would ruin that!
@@theog2093 All legit American zoos from the Bronx to Seattle and Tampa to San Diego. It is part of zookeeper commitment to keeping a clean gene pool, the Bronx us trying to bring back genuine American Bison. Not mixed gene, but the original Bison. Breed enough to take them out west for controlled mating or insemination there! The old primitive bars and small cages are no more in the world zoos. Even the fish and birds. From toads to 🕷 spiders and 🐟 fish. They do it all. Endangered reptiles, no matter how dangerous. Today's zoos are awesome, educational and fun! But not cheap. The costs are scarey! Damn.
I'll be honest, Fiona videos are getting me through quarantine! 💗
Imagine the feeling of joy floating thru the water like they do. They are so large and combersome but they dance a ballet under the water.
Gosh, caring for Fiona and Be Be is a lot of work on every level. Love Fiona's reaction to you, Jenna.... put her face close to yours, and those ears were just spinning. The sense of attachment is compelling and heartwarming ❤ ❤ Lots of technicalities to consider and Dan was on it.... being so careful. The Hippos are blessed to have you all!!!
T Gately you could just not lock the animals up smh. No work is needed to just leave them alone in there natural habitat.
3000 Wattz fiona was an orphaned hippo though. Without human intervention, she'd be dead.
Wattz- no work? No disrespect, but tell that to wardens and other folks who spend their lives fighting poachers, the sanctuaries, the rescue workers and scientists who spend all their time trying to keep entire species from being wiped out. Not trying to start an argument, but honestly, some species only exist because of zoos. These guys are very well cared for (there are bad zoos, but this is not one if them) happy, and safe from poachers. If anyone thinks "no work is needed" for animals in their natual habitat, I recommend Last Chance To See - you can look it up online, the book is amazing and there were two BBC series which you can also find online. An UNBELIEVABLE amount of work goes into it. Natural Habitat" cannot be taken for granted.
@@abbyiswatching2046 Thank you
Lol and that's just the hippos that's just the beginning!! But it's worth it.
Toooooo precious. When fionas ears flap ..my heart melts
OMG, at 1:02 that silly face ! Laying in bed, getting my hippo fix and that totally made my heart sing. What a blessed life these zoo keepers have, to just be around and interact every day is better than winning the lottery. Thanks for sharing these behind the scenes moments for us 🥰
I love that they’re treated with the highest respect and thoughtfulness! These little hippies are living the best life possible, it’s sad that people complain and criticize the zoos, even though they’re doing the best they can to provide the best possible life for them... you trainers are truly amazing!!
? Best life possible ? Shall we lock you in a tiny enclosure, and you sleep on concrete ? ? Would you like it ? Idiot.
Humans are so arrogant they think they decide for other creatures what is good for their life. Insane.
These hippos eat healthier than some humans
Jenny's Cake like me :(
They are obese vegan examples.
No shit, they have no other option
Wanna see a human that's more hippo than a hippo?
They are fed grains. Probably not...
her happy little ear flaps 🥺
Thank you all for taking such good care of Fiona and her family. Love y’all 😘
They could never go into the wild lol they’ll be to bougie lol
Dante Gilbert how
Lmao like Alex from Madagascar. XD Or I guess like most of them. Just mostly Alex.
too bougie*
0:57 when The waitress asks how Is everything
😂😂😂😂
Lavish J 😂😂😂
But no one looks that cute
LMAOOOO XD
Few things are as beautiful as humans treating animals with love and respect.
I would gladly clean their yard myself, if it meant I got to pet Fiona. 😍💕✨
Love that pose at 0.59...Keeper Jenna-”Fiona’ll eat your hay.” As if it was on que Fiona looks right into the camera with a mouthful of hay as if to say “That’s right, I steal my Momma’s food. Whatcha gonna do about it.” My girl...😍❤️
I saw that too! Perfect pose!!
Cue*
Siouxiesue t
Best pose I’ve ever seen.
0:59
Its amazing to see how big and fast Fiona has grown ! 850 plus. Wow. Great job you folks do. !
You keepers are so lucky to have such an amazing job working with such amazing animals thank you for sharing.
Beautiful. Just absolutely beautiful ❤️. Thank You for taking such good, loving care of them.
LOOK AT THEM BEING CUTE AND MOVING THEIR EARS 😍😍😍
It makes me happy know the animals are well taken care of at the Cincinnati zoo. Bless you.
Fiona and mommy are adorable!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this video! A lot of people believe that hippos are aggressive and dangerous. This video helps debunk that myth.
I loved the tail wagged and the ears moving too. They remind me a little of little portly puppies. 🐶 so adorable
Those are some hungry, hungry hippos!
Good one
Colorful plastic balls are not enough for their appetites.
I love seeing hippos eating whole watermelon, that’s a sight.
Mario Johnson And pumpkins.
I've seen them eat cabbages and hoo boy. Really makes it clear why its important to stay outside of the enclosures!
These zoo keepers are amazing
Awwwww Fiona’s so cute hobbling around!!
Lol Bebe floated on her back. And Fiona with no grace at all, headed for the water and dived in to it! Priceless. Hope to see them in real life one day. Greetings from the very North of Sweden by the Artic circle. Love
I rencently went to the Cincinnati Zoo for my birthday back in July. It was on my bucket list to see hippos, they've always been my favorite animal for some strange reason. But it was amazing to actually get to see the hippos! Fiona has gotten so big! They're definitely happy there! :)
Ill see them with from my rifile scope
Hey Christel, I love hippos but you are the most lucky, my fav animals are penguins and I bet there is plenty where you live, it must be dark over there now,,,no day at all?
leeoh moon uhhm there’s no penguins in Sweden😂
Hippos are absolutely precious. They also bring around a lot of memories from the past. Good memories. :)
They're way too cute for such a large and dangerous animal :(.
Thanks for updating us with the hippos and taking such good care of them.
I had no idea you could train a hippo....wow 🤔
Ummmm you can literally train just about any animal to do many things, not that hard to believe
@Blood Beryl lol
Blood Beryl lmfao 😂 shut up
Drea It’s tricky, but it’s known as positive reinforcement where you reward the correct behavior. It works on human children too.
@Blood Beryl you can train reptiles too
Love our girls!! Thank you so much for the love, care and preciousness you've given!
I love them!
that basement looks like a prison cell haha
Because that's what it is.
feeding cell, they have a large enclosure ;)
Probably because they bite things, you could imagine that lol
That’s not funny why would you say “haha” you sick fuck 😡🤬🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 fuck you
@@kamronhardegree1743 Grow up!
I love these people and what they do! Dan and Jenna have become like family to us following Fiona from the start. What great people and what a great job they have and do!
What a happy couple and thanks to the keepers for maintaining the nice and clean. Fiona is looking amazing!
I love the way Ms Jeanna interacts with the hippos.....and they love it too♥️
Love her so much please keep the world updated about her 😍❤️
The way her little ears get going when she's happy 😍😭
Seen them swim underwater was one of the most enjoyable things I've seen in a long time and the coolest! They don't look like and aqua animal in yet they are. Amazing!
Loved watching her progression
I know the wild can be cruel but I wish they could be there. Since they cant be in the wild Im glad they r loved and taken care of so they will have a chance at life.
Really, don't wish the wild on them. They are living a long , happy and healthy safe life. We sometimes thing the wild is nice, it is as hard on the animals as it is as we imagine. I don't think predator animals adapt to captivity as comfortably as prey animals seem to. Being safe is most important to prey animals. Predators need to hunt, safety be damned.
@spittu89 yes you know more than all the people who study them, care for them and care about them being in our lives in the future.
@spittu89 Mother Nature is a fucked up parent. Humans are better
@spittu89 you belong in the wild..
@@aderiusscott2220 anyone who feels like animals only deserve wild living, would never survive off a comfy couch
...anyone else amused by the fact that the enclosures and where they feed them have enough high grade steel to armor plate a tank?
Lazurkri there jaws
Also they can run super fast
@@mattcraft8610 you forgot that their skin is stupidly thick enough to make most common calibers useless.
They're around a tonne, with thick armor like skin that can get to like 20mph. So think of a small car that might get pissed off or try to escape
@@andyt2k knew that; makes me wonder what they have in their armory to put one down if they have to go lethal- 50 caliber probably
You guys are absolutely fantastic when it comes to caring for Fiona. She is soooo sweet. ❤️
I appreciate the way you have been documenting everything about Fiona’s life since birth, showing us what caring for hippos entails, how you love these animals, enrich their lives, keep the whole place so clean! You’re all so smart,how you train the hippo’s and how you have the foresight to prepare for possible situations, is all very interesting. I never really thought about hippo’s until I watched a lot of these videos, but now I love them, and I feel like I know a lot more about hippo’s than most people now, lol Thank you! 🐟 🐟 🦛 🦛 🦛 🐟 🐟
omg the little ear wiggle! :D
Watching BiBi roll around in the water, I can now say I've seen a Hippo's belly button!
Fiona appears to be quite intelligent. She picks things up really quickly. Plus she’s an absolute doll!!!
They are so beautiful! Equally as comfortable on land as in the water! It’s amazing how their comparatively skinny legs can hold their weight and propel them across land so easily. I could watch them for hours. Their caretakers are amazing too! ❤
Fiona is getting so big! But I'm still going to call her Baby Fiona haha
They are so adorable!! As a vet tech. I have considered applying to work at the Zoo, but I have such mixed feelings about it. I would LOVE to help take care of the animals but I'm worried that I will feel sad and a little guilty that they are in captivity. I've only ever worked with dogs and cats and the occasional small exotic, so it would be amazing to have the large animal and exotic experience!! I have a lot of respect for the medical team at the Zoos! Hippos and elephants are my favorite!
It is sad that all animals can't live wild in their natural habitat. I believe all good zoos do a remarkable job educating the public and also with breeding programs.
deborah gate well look at it this way,some of these animals would’ve gone extinct a long time ago if it wasn’t for them being taken cared of in captivity:)
Many, many, many, many species thrive and live much longer in captivity than they do in the wild.
Life is much easier for the animals in a zoo, that's why they live longer lives.
SimmerFreek I know right I hate seeing chains and bars
This story is so awesome! That you for sharing and caring about her.
It's phenomenal just how well adapted they are to aquatic life. I know that it's a long process of evolution but it's still phenomenal.
Fiona is such a perfect little hippo.
You're a perfect little hippo.
@@chrisg2378 wtf lol
What sweethearts😭❤️
She’s gotten a lot bigger, Image if human toddlers got that big that quick
I think they'd have to pay the childcare workers a lot more!
"Honey. We need a bigger stroller."
I was depressed this morning but watch the Fiona series and it made me feel happy. I didn't know you could love a little hippo like that. GOOD JOB, Cinci. Zoo!
I wanted to be a zoo keeper, but it's hard work! Hippos too adorable ❣️🐮
....that’s a cow emoji
Duh I know, Apple doesn't have hippo emojis 😂😂
Dawn Lee lmfaooo
🦛🦛🦛🦛 They do now. 😭🥺💕
She's a beauty. Her care team loves her and Fiona loves them back.❤😁
Y’all must be so proud of the work you do. ❤️
This was very informative and fun to watch! Thank you for letting us be part of the zoo!!
Every January 24th (my birthdate) i say happy Birthday to Fiona 😍 Fiona and I share the same birthday ❤
You can tell all the caretakers are obsessed with her as I would be. I'm so grateful she's in a place where she's so well taken care of and loved
Incredible animals! What a cool job! ´This is a job that looks like a job most people would love doing. A dream job in many ways.
You have all done a brilliant job bring up Fiona she's beautiful.
Thank you. This is a wonderful video for my middle schoolers to see what zookeepers do daily. Thank you!
You are encouraging your students or kids to do stuff like that. It is horrible how zoos treat animals. Don’t show them videos like that. I was watching it because I wanted to reply to comments like this. I am only ten years old and a vegetarian.
Excellent Emily really? You don’t know anything and it doesn’t even look like you watched the video. Literally the whole video is about how they are taking care of the hippos. You should honestly stay away from the comment section and go back to watching TV
Excellent Emily not all zoos are bad! Although, yes some I wouldn’t personally support, but I’ll repeat it again NOT ALL ZOOS ARE BAD! Make sure to support zoos that promote conservation, and the ethical treatment of animals in captivity. A good saying to look at when debating to go into a zoo: “Are they allowing the animals to THRIVE not just SURVIVE in captivity?”
@@excellentemily4527 Its an indoor enclosure they have a pool outside :)
She is beautiful ❤️ my children bought me the book for Christmas a few years ago and we love seeing this little one journey together too. 🙏❤️
Omg. Such a wonderful video of their daily routine! Thank you for sharing with us. 🤗
Thank you so much for sharing these videos. I'm just now coming across them. I'm going to share them with my grandkids