Baby Hippo Fiona - Episode 2 The Struggle - Cincinnati Zoo

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2017
  • Episode 2: The Struggle. Take a look back at vet & animal care staff's fight to keep premature baby hippo Fiona alive with help from Cincinnati Children's. To see what lead up to this please view Episode 1 • Baby Hippo Fiona - Epi...
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  • @Solqueen86
    @Solqueen86 4 роки тому +4380

    Fiona: Let me see how long I can hold my breath
    Whole Zoo Staff: OH GOD NOT AGAIN!

    • @IndigoBellyDance
      @IndigoBellyDance 4 роки тому +71

      Solqueen86 🤪🤪😆 so true. Hippo’s need to hold their breath in the wild every time they go down😆😆🤪😜

    • @cuntrella313
      @cuntrella313 4 роки тому +9

      Solqueen86 right???

    • @Solqueen86
      @Solqueen86 4 роки тому +66

      @@IndigoBellyDance But for the zoo staff she might have stop breathing due to complications and not due to nature.

    • @fatdad64able
      @fatdad64able 4 роки тому +12

      @@IndigoBellyDance eeewwwww.....?......oh, you mean submerging.

    • @patriciaroysdon9540
      @patriciaroysdon9540 4 роки тому +16

      @@IndigoBellyDance Behave yourself young lady! Lol!

  • @RareVBlue
    @RareVBlue 4 роки тому +9117

    That's the cutest amphibious assault cow I've ever seen.

    • @juanelorriaga2840
      @juanelorriaga2840 4 роки тому +96

      I hear ya the cuteness factor here is on overload ya just wanna hug her all day

    • @beehungry6190
      @beehungry6190 4 роки тому +38

      JASON lol such a good name

    • @ashwinmoses8277
      @ashwinmoses8277 4 роки тому +40

      Amphibious pig* this thing ain't a cow mate

    • @ashwinmoses8277
      @ashwinmoses8277 4 роки тому +15

      @B O It's more pig than cow I can assure you

    • @ashwinmoses8277
      @ashwinmoses8277 4 роки тому +17

      @B O I'm flattered but I'm not South African haha, the closest comparison I have to a hippo is a pig.

  • @allisonjames2923
    @allisonjames2923 Рік тому +278

    And look at Fiona now - absolutely huge, still adorable & she has a little brother to play with. All the zoo staff & the Children’s hospital staff are amazing.

    • @user-tv1xj5ji6x
      @user-tv1xj5ji6x Рік тому +1

      Hello Allison, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus?

    • @billblaski9523
      @billblaski9523 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@user-tv1xj5ji6xvirus? That shit was already 2 years ago

  • @taze27
    @taze27 Рік тому +59

    I love it how, the children's care team stepped in to help. They treated and cared for Fiona, exactly how they would do with a human child/baby.

    • @stellviahohenheim
      @stellviahohenheim 7 місяців тому

      They put the animal in a cage and then took it's baby away and then they make a TV show with it. How heartwarming

    • @ovgem
      @ovgem 6 місяців тому +2

      @@stellviahohenheimthe baby was premature and they had to nurse it back to health.

    • @moekitsune
      @moekitsune 2 місяці тому

      ​@stellviahohenheim Tell me you have no understanding of the situation without actually saying that

  • @RavenLunacy44
    @RavenLunacy44 5 років тому +803

    Can you imagine the snuggles with that adorable freaking hippo baby.

    • @matthewtaylor2784
      @matthewtaylor2784 4 роки тому +10

      Gaaaah, the bestess kinds

    • @mike814031
      @mike814031 4 роки тому +4

      Its adorable but snuggling not Rly lol jk

    • @FlyingSeaMan256
      @FlyingSeaMan256 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah but what you gotta realize just like with newborns that are premies is, every moment may be their last.

    • @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth
      @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth 4 роки тому +11

      Adult Fiona: MOTHER. LET US CUDDLE.
      Zookeepers: "Everybody into the bunker! Go! Go! Go!"

    • @jacksonabbott6455
      @jacksonabbott6455 3 роки тому +3

      Probably the cutest baby animal on the Earth

  • @michaeldukes4108
    @michaeldukes4108 4 роки тому +1719

    Bitten by a baby hippo: “It’s an honor, little one.”
    Bitten by an adult hippo: “OHHHGOOOOODDDDDD”

  • @foxibot
    @foxibot Рік тому +72

    The children’s hospital of Cincinnati should have little stuffed hippos named Fiona to give the kids who are nervous about procedures and tell them the story of how brave Fiona was and how the children’s hospital staff helped her get better. I know the kids would probably respond well to that.

    • @moekitsune
      @moekitsune 2 місяці тому +5

      That's a brilliant idea

  • @lynnekelley7545
    @lynnekelley7545 Рік тому +261

    So impressed how everyone did their part to get this little girl on the path to life as a baby hippo. The end with her in the pool with the pool noodles was so precious 😍

  • @michelleconcepcion2814
    @michelleconcepcion2814 4 роки тому +4825

    Fiona: *wiggles her ears*
    Me: *forgets about the world’s problem*

    • @TheLeaphia24
      @TheLeaphia24 4 роки тому +4

      Sunny Raindrop Ed ca

    • @notramesses4790
      @notramesses4790 4 роки тому +12

      Everything is going to be alright!

    • @salenebrom6476
      @salenebrom6476 4 роки тому +4

      Michelle Alejandra 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @daenite2480
      @daenite2480 4 роки тому +6

      All your comment did was remind us.

    • @inperspective
      @inperspective 4 роки тому +2

      ❤️❤️❤️

  • @VershyTheQueen
    @VershyTheQueen 4 роки тому +974

    This is the cutest aquatic pig I have ever seen

    • @jojoca2
      @jojoca2 4 роки тому +29

      Do you mean a amphibious assault cow?

    • @jojoca2
      @jojoca2 4 роки тому +11

      Do you mean a amphibious assault cow?

    • @sassaronigreen
      @sassaronigreen 4 роки тому +5

      You’re amazing. This just made me smile so much ☺️

    • @jcman240
      @jcman240 3 роки тому +4

      They are river cows

    • @rocioaguilera3555
      @rocioaguilera3555 2 роки тому +2

      Hippopotamus is river horse in Greek. Hippo=horse. Potamus= river.
      But it's funny to call Fiona aquatic pig

  • @denisew4231
    @denisew4231 Рік тому +59

    No wonder she’s so cute and precious! I didn’t know she came so early and was doted on hard to survive.

    • @user-tv1xj5ji6x
      @user-tv1xj5ji6x Рік тому

      Hello Denise, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus?

  • @FemiNelson-sb1em
    @FemiNelson-sb1em 7 місяців тому +9

    Omgosh, I'm always amazed how teensie she is & survived. Bless this team....

  • @pppd4236
    @pppd4236 4 роки тому +879

    Who's watching this years later? Knowing that Fiona is healthy and beautiful now is amazing

    • @suzannepatterson307
      @suzannepatterson307 4 роки тому +1

      PPP D 5/8/2020

    • @raggy369
      @raggy369 4 роки тому +2

      Yea me! I’m the 400th 👍🏽!

    • @kaylacain2520
      @kaylacain2520 4 роки тому +1

      I am

    • @zinaraxx7308
      @zinaraxx7308 4 роки тому +6

      Yeah but i didn't know she was a preemie.. Dont remember that being apart of her story

    • @saintesprit4130
      @saintesprit4130 2 роки тому +5

      Маленькая Фиона - прелестна(
      Пусть растет большой ,счастливой и здоровенькоц!!!♥️♥️♥️💋🙏🏻🤗

  • @StarGiraffinum
    @StarGiraffinum 6 років тому +1631

    It's a relief to see one of the most dangerous animals in the world in baby form and be comfortable with humans...

    • @davidekstrom9595
      @davidekstrom9595 5 років тому +47

      Maybe their dangerous because humans don't even see them or know their territory when their already in it, pissing them off, and we don't know how to read their body language or anger quest when their underwater, and whoever is is, is probably on a tiney shitty home made canoe or kayake, which are easy to knock over, BY YOURSELF, hippos are just mis understood like most animals, this video is a great picture into that. We don't know weveerything in the world, and nor doese the Internet, what we know is we don't know anything at all.

    • @joeyjaime3746
      @joeyjaime3746 4 роки тому +4

      Its is related to Pigs, & people have really close relationships w/their Per Pigs so...

    • @arianacabrera9443
      @arianacabrera9443 4 роки тому +82

      David Ekstrom no its true hippos are one of the most territorial and violent animals. Human or not they are really just aggressive animals by nature.

    • @forpetessake3532
      @forpetessake3532 4 роки тому +15

      David Ekstrom no need to be defensive - they’re dangerous because that’s how GOD made them - and humans aren’t supposed to be interfering-

    • @zayray4283
      @zayray4283 4 роки тому +5

      David Ekstrom chill the fuck out. Hippos are dangerous no matter what

  • @TWORARETWOSPARE
    @TWORARETWOSPARE 9 місяців тому +6

    Bless them all for saving this precious baby.

  • @michaelb.42112
    @michaelb.42112 Рік тому +16

    Coming out of the hospital last week after spending a week there and having no veins, I can tell you the Vascular Access Team are the badasses of the nursing team.

  • @susandilaudo9534
    @susandilaudo9534 4 роки тому +780

    She’s adorable. Her little (big) yawn was just about the cutest thing ever, until i saw her ears fluttering when her helper kissed her. Ong. She is precious. What a wonderful community to come together and save her.
    Amazing how small some of the largest animals are at birth. (Polar bears, hippos, erc)

    • @thecraftycyborg9024
      @thecraftycyborg9024 3 роки тому +33

      Baby hippos are normally much larger than Fiona was. She was basically what in human terms would be called a micro-preemie, ie a baby so small the chances of survival are very slim.

    • @hairballjones8451
      @hairballjones8451 Рік тому +16

      But an update my friends- Fiona now has a baby brother named Fritz- their mama was able to carry him the whole term of hippo confinement- amazing to see how much bigger he was than Fiona at birth- makes one appreciate how much of a micro-preemie she once was. They have been introduced to each other through gates between- but Fiona seems rather interested in the little guy, no sibling jealousy, perhaps that only happens with Human Children 🤔

    • @startingbrandnew3055
      @startingbrandnew3055 Рік тому +6

      @@hairballjones8451 Thank you for the info! 😃

    • @lindabradford9591
      @lindabradford9591 Рік тому +4

      @@hairballjones8451 awe. Glad to hear she has a little brother. The zoo was amazing at caring for Fiona.

  • @kaceface3277
    @kaceface3277 5 років тому +503

    Fiona is a proud staple of our city 🙂
    She’s so big now, I love her!

    • @jennyantill8048
      @jennyantill8048 4 роки тому +20

      I am with ya omg I saw her in person she is just so stinking cute omg☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

    • @88evileve88
      @88evileve88 4 роки тому +3

      She is the BEST!

  • @samijones5590
    @samijones5590 Рік тому +23

    The amount of love and passion these keepers have is beautiful

    • @user-tv1xj5ji6x
      @user-tv1xj5ji6x Рік тому

      Hello Sami, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus?

  • @precioustraveler
    @precioustraveler Рік тому +27

    Revisiting these Baby Fiona videos in Sept 2022. If I thought Fiona’s caretakers pulled off a miracle back then, I understand that fact 10,000 fold now as I look at Baby Fitz videos. So once again, BRAVO 🎉 🙌

  • @HamabaJuJu
    @HamabaJuJu 4 роки тому +1913

    0:26 That is the most relaxed mom during birth giving ever. She is like "Ooops what was that, I thought I had some gas".

  • @matyrod2000
    @matyrod2000 4 роки тому +402

    WHEN THEY GAVE HER THE FLOATY MY HEART BURST

    • @matyrod2000
      @matyrod2000 4 роки тому +10

      White Rider no

    • @marthahealy3993
      @marthahealy3993 4 роки тому +7

      White Rider it is a noble thing to help these zookeepers no doubt, but you’re not helping. You’re just making an ass of yourself.

    • @giselle_kvm
      @giselle_kvm 4 роки тому +1

      White Rider Western men are no better and have this tendency to think that women were made to bear children and that without bearing a child, a woman’s life is a wasted one. What a sick, overly patriarchal and rudimentary way of thinking.

    • @briannanoble3478
      @briannanoble3478 4 роки тому +1

      @White Rider how about no and when I'm old enough and married I'll adopt because we don't need to make more babies let's be honest I'm not a baby machine I'm a human being

  • @triciabyrne7761
    @triciabyrne7761 Рік тому +19

    I am thankful I am watching this years later knowing she not only made it, but is thriving. ❤ U Fiona! Thank you to all vets and caregivers involved!!!

  • @betha.6279
    @betha.6279 Рік тому +13

    This tiny baby had alot of wonderful adoptive moms and dads! Amazing compassionate care!

  • @busyizzie3410
    @busyizzie3410 4 роки тому +321

    Ya'll when she lays down on the stuffed animals-
    My heart ❤️️😫

    • @kv8027
      @kv8027 3 роки тому +3

      I AMOST LIKE CRIED CUZ IT WAS SO CUTE SAME AS HER ADOBLE

    • @randykern1842
      @randykern1842 3 роки тому +5

      Same!! I can’t deal-she loves that little purple guy ❤️

    • @aztro.99
      @aztro.99 3 роки тому +1

      wheres ur pfp from it looks so cool

    • @busyizzie3410
      @busyizzie3410 3 роки тому +1

      @@aztro.99 The Walten Files, specifically Boozoo’s ghosts, the character mortality!!
      Check Martin walls out he’s way cool

    • @pyukumuku-6645
      @pyukumuku-6645 2 роки тому

      😩💦

  • @nadinesounder1774
    @nadinesounder1774 4 роки тому +2809

    In my head: “what even are hippos, like why are hippos?”
    Another commenter: “...amphibious assault cow...”
    My thought is irrelevant. They’re amphibious assault cows. 100% makes sense to me.

    • @idlemomma
      @idlemomma 4 роки тому +17

      😂

    • @tl1326
      @tl1326 4 роки тому +48

      i present a new idea for the military
      tactical amphibious assault cow
      we add gun attachment to amphibious assault cows like giving them a 8x scope for accurate charging or a bipod for stable biting

    • @suan333
      @suan333 4 роки тому +33

      Hippo came from the greek word horse
      Potamus came from the greek word river
      So basically the traduction is river horse.

    • @jodybellm
      @jodybellm 4 роки тому +8

      You sir make me feel good,don't know why

    • @namehere3155
      @namehere3155 4 роки тому +10

      @@suan333 so it's a "horse water"...lol

  • @rosariocisneros5554
    @rosariocisneros5554 Рік тому +3

    That baby is just beautiful and very lucky to have great humans working with her.

  • @frankparrish5657
    @frankparrish5657 Рік тому +18

    Fiona is so alive! I was 2 months early and survived because of dedicated zoo keepers like you! The problems for early people sound the same as the problems of early Hippos.

  • @ColinMcKoy
    @ColinMcKoy 4 роки тому +2474

    It appears this loaded baked potato is extremely cute

  • @lifegoeson1007
    @lifegoeson1007 4 роки тому +223

    I didn’t know baby Hippos were this adorable, I’m happy to see Fiona is ok 🙂

  • @nancydemoss608
    @nancydemoss608 Рік тому +7

    Cincinnati and the rest of the world held our breaths from the moment Bibi gave birth to that prescious little potato. These animals and the zoo crew's are miracles!

  • @jdmarr2259
    @jdmarr2259 Рік тому +4

    I know it's 4 years old but that was an amazing convergence of dedicated professionals, (zoo & related to beings once believed to be too small to survive),who saved that beautiful little hippo, Fiona.
    As has been said, humanity at its finest.

  • @Julia_666_
    @Julia_666_ 3 роки тому +355

    These zookeepers really love Fiona. They're all telling their story with tears in their eyes.

    • @ginadrag5191
      @ginadrag5191 Рік тому +3

      They're prison guards in a way

    • @michaelpuntillo3500
      @michaelpuntillo3500 Рік тому +12

      @@ginadrag5191 not even close. Where did you do time? These guys and girls aren't like any prison guards I've ever met. If the guards where you did your stretch were like these people, consider yourself very lucky. I admit a lot of zoo's should definitely be shut down, 100%. But Cincinnati isn't one of them. Do you really think these sweet beautiful souls are mistreated or abused?

    • @flyingphoenix113
      @flyingphoenix113 Рік тому +13

      @@ginadrag5191, these "prison guards" will do infinitely more to take care of this baby hippo than her own mother did, and certainly more than your employer would ever do to take care of you. Life is a prison. Jobs are prisons. And, as far as prisons go, the Cincinnati Zoo is an awfully nice one.

  • @Hyraethian
    @Hyraethian 4 роки тому +489

    Zoo: we need help
    Neonatal: A baby is in trouble roll out!

  • @fuqit88
    @fuqit88 Рік тому +6

    Fiona is still my favorite story from your zoo!! I FREAKING LOVE HER!!

    • @user-tv1xj5ji6x
      @user-tv1xj5ji6x Рік тому

      Hello Kelly, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus?

    • @fuqit88
      @fuqit88 Рік тому +1

      @@user-tv1xj5ji6x yes I am!! Fiona is such a cutie! But, she probably wouldn't like the weather here in Idaho!!

    • @trevorjennings721
      @trevorjennings721 Рік тому

      @@fuqit88 yes she is😊. I hope you’re having a nice and a wonderful day today?

  • @bobaloba3796
    @bobaloba3796 Рік тому +10

    I had to rewind it twice when Fiona was born because she slid out so fast I didn’t realize that was her at first! All I saw was a blob on the ground and then they were talking about a baby! She’s soooo cute. I was in tears every minute that she was suffering, she’s absolutely adorable! This was such a nice story and what an absolutely amazing group of people at the zoo- definitely a close knit family and genuinely wonderful and kind people. It was so nice to see the doctors from the children’s hospital help Fiona- that was probably the best part. It’s always people helping the children’s hospital, but you never see the other way around so I loved that they showed that since I love animals. Such a sweet and happy story. Thanks for sharing with us! ❤️

  • @trixiebiggs3317
    @trixiebiggs3317 6 років тому +84

    I love how Children's hospital came to help baby hippo.

  • @SilenceIsStill
    @SilenceIsStill 6 років тому +197

    That head natal keeper, Dawn, is just amazing to take the role of mom to help the baby breathe. That is just years of experience and gut feeling. I'm sure a book doesn't tell you to lay down and put a baby hippo on your belly to help it breathe. What a remarkable keeper!

    • @PatchouliPenny
      @PatchouliPenny 6 років тому +7

      SilenceIsStill so many human babies have survived thanks to our knowledge now that a newborn needs to be naked on its parents naked chest to survive and bond. There was a couple who had twins. One twin was dead, the parents held it between their naked chests for absolute ages and astoundingly, the baby's heart started to beat and eventually breathe and survived. Just amazing!

  • @matulich77
    @matulich77 Рік тому +3

    I would of done so well in this line of work. You all are so lucky you get to do this for a living. She's so precious.

    • @user-tv1xj5ji6x
      @user-tv1xj5ji6x Рік тому

      Hello Virginia, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus?

  • @thearcadio
    @thearcadio 8 місяців тому +8

    I love Fiona so much, such a nice big sister to little Fritz ❤

  • @user-xb6hq4ww1u
    @user-xb6hq4ww1u 5 років тому +123

    Fiona didn't have a mom... she had many moms to help her fight! Great work to all of you!! It is an amazing deed!!

  • @kevinfinkel5536
    @kevinfinkel5536 6 років тому +236

    I love Fiona's flipping little ears. So darling!

  • @vickiwittmeyer4438
    @vickiwittmeyer4438 Рік тому +8

    ALL I CAN SAY..
    YOU GUYS ARE GREAT!!!!
    YOU ALL AND THE CHILDREN'S
    HOSPITAL SAVED HER LIFE!!!!!!!
    THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR
    HARD WORK!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @padebro2683
    @padebro2683 Рік тому +10

    Weebles wobble but they DON'T fall down! 😉
    Much love and respect to ALL of you!

  • @codeOwler
    @codeOwler 4 роки тому +740

    hippo mom: * gives birth *
    also mom: ight imma head out

    • @daylightbright7675
      @daylightbright7675 3 роки тому +21

      They had to remove her to help the baby lol 😊

    • @celieboo
      @celieboo 3 роки тому +55

      The reality is that Fiona wouldn't haVe survived in nature. Mom knew that, so she went about her business.

    • @icyunvme2400
      @icyunvme2400 3 роки тому +6

      @@celieboo Damn😭

    • @nicolesimon6396
      @nicolesimon6396 3 роки тому +6

      @@celieboo facts

    • @messyfilms6325
      @messyfilms6325 3 роки тому +5

      @@celieboo and in nature she would have had a normal birth. Captivity fucks with natural occurrences. So yay humans for saving the baby from the situation they put her in.

  • @MsTrain69
    @MsTrain69 4 роки тому +370

    Loving her ears! They remind me of Shrek for some reason. Too cute!

    • @shanamedah
      @shanamedah 4 роки тому +40

      Shrek fiona omg its all coming together

    • @mdarnell514
      @mdarnell514 3 роки тому +20

      Well her name is fiona

    • @BreakfastML
      @BreakfastML 3 роки тому +19

      That’s why they named her fiona

    • @sagniksarkar2471
      @sagniksarkar2471 3 роки тому +3

      Yes Shrek indeed is too cute

    • @maureenkoopman9378
      @maureenkoopman9378 3 роки тому +11

      “Get out of my swomp!!” Oh her first words!!!!

  • @shangobunni5
    @shangobunni5 Рік тому +5

    What a precious baby! Thank you for saving this adorable little girl.

  • @marcielong6978
    @marcielong6978 Рік тому +1

    Life is so precious. Everyone working together saved a life that is so precious

  • @Smiley_Kylie
    @Smiley_Kylie 4 роки тому +149

    Awww that big smile from Fiona when she got in that little wading pool... I'm pretty sure my heart just grew 3 sizes 😍

    • @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth
      @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth 4 роки тому +4

      You should probably get that checked out... cardiomegaly is usually a symptom of dangerous circulatory problems.

    • @Aquariuswonder86
      @Aquariuswonder86 4 роки тому +2

      Potato Patato 😂🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @Alexanderbuilds2001
    @Alexanderbuilds2001 4 роки тому +2251

    The baby hit the concrete so hard.
    Poor little thing.

    • @We_Are_All_A_Little_Crazy
      @We_Are_All_A_Little_Crazy 4 роки тому +13

      AWWW! Bibi you monster! (Bibi is the mom)

    • @Chief2Moon
      @Chief2Moon 4 роки тому +171

      Game app Reviewer I've seen videos of giraffe babies born with the mom standing...boy, talk about that first step being a doozy!

    • @pineapple3555
      @pineapple3555 4 роки тому +33

      She’s fine.

    • @kk_teh_corgo4120
      @kk_teh_corgo4120 4 роки тому +41

      @@pineapple3555 doesn't mean it didn't hurt

    • @barrycuda6866
      @barrycuda6866 4 роки тому +6

      N8 The Gr8 did we ask you

  • @pradapistol3272
    @pradapistol3272 2 роки тому +4

    Damn these people are awesome & caring. That cute little chubby little hippo would not have made it out in the wild! Glad they helped her out so much.

  • @karinarechidi9981
    @karinarechidi9981 6 місяців тому +1

    These people are angels looking after animals! God bless the whole Team for saving Fiona!
    I wish you a very very happy life Fiona ❤️🌷😘

  • @dj4123
    @dj4123 4 роки тому +497

    I am so impressed with the level of care this little baby received from your staff. Your loving attention and dedication was the only thing keeping this helpless preemie alive and I applaud you!! The women from the children's hospital were also vital to Fiona's survival with their special skills and tools. Thank you so much!!

    • @thecraftycyborg9024
      @thecraftycyborg9024 3 роки тому +16

      The CCHMS vascular access team are hero’s. They saved my baby sisters life countless times. I will always hold a lot of love in my heart for them.

    • @adamlet71
      @adamlet71 2 роки тому +13

      That was unbelievable. What you all did working together was wonderful. Beautiful story. ♥️💗💕

    • @angelataylor5241
      @angelataylor5241 Рік тому

      @@koreyb hum. Well, most of them are spontaneous with something that just went wrong with the fetus/zygote. Those are ones that there is nothing that would have prevented it except maybe higher quality and quantity of food as when the child or adult is living in poverty.
      Also, there are reasons why they (medically induced abortions) are necessary. Look up ectopic pregnancies. Do your research before advertising how terribly intentionally ignorant you are.

    • @Laura-it2zb
      @Laura-it2zb Рік тому

      @@koreyb Why? There are no babies until they essentially born. 93% of abortions are at or before 13 weeks, 6% at between 13 and 20 weeks, 1%, after 20 weeks. Later abortions are only because of medical necessity. Generally, 22 weeks a prematurely born baby can survive, 24 weeks a prematurely born baby will likely live. The rhetoric of the anti choice is filled with inaccuracies, misinformation and outright lies.

    • @brendaharley3252
      @brendaharley3252 Рік тому

      @@koreyb they'.die.

  • @anniequilts
    @anniequilts 6 років тому +545

    I didn't realize it is such a miracle that she survived - this is an awesome video of an awesome little hippo and her team

    • @tyber100
      @tyber100 6 років тому +7

      I didn't realize how smart a hippo is it takes 1 mother hippo to raise a healthy baby hippo it takes a team and help from more people for Humans lol

    • @leedormehl8579
      @leedormehl8579 6 років тому +1

      anniequilts I love hipposss🐄🐄🐄 I did not find a hippo so I used cows

  • @diane9247
    @diane9247 Рік тому +16

    How adorable! So glad I came accross this!

  • @kudabear4898
    @kudabear4898 Рік тому +5

    Fiona's ear flutters are just sooooooo adorable!!!!

  • @cellgrrl
    @cellgrrl 3 роки тому +438

    I am a retired Neo-natal intensive care nurse from the early 1970's. It was the "birth of the NNICU" era, and was the first in the large city I was working in. This video reminds me of those days. I can relive so many of these moments with the zoo staff here. The baby hippo presents with so many other challenges than a human, but some things seemed a little bit easier. I am so happy for this positive outcome because if that hippo had been born in the wild, it would not have survived guaranteed. One thing the staff has that was shared by the staff I worked with, we would NEVER give up. We understood might fail, but never gave up trying. Most of the time we succeeded.

    • @mmedi6165
      @mmedi6165 2 роки тому +22

      Thanks for sharing a beautiful part of your life!

    • @lizannewhitlow1085
      @lizannewhitlow1085 2 роки тому +18

      The first time I went into an NICU, I wanted to break out in tears. Sooo incredible! 🙏🏻

    • @alanaadams7440
      @alanaadams7440 2 роки тому +13

      Thx for sharing. I was an ICU nurse for big people

    • @ciarrajohnson3849
      @ciarrajohnson3849 Рік тому +10

      Amen💯Nurses make it happen. I was born @ 28 weeks (83) and I’m still grateful for those nurses. Then I needed rehab to walk (didn’t walk til 3 and never crawled) and THOSE REHAB CREWS are angels too💯It took moving MOUNTAINS to get me on 2 feet, but here I am today. They didn’t have to do that and I didn’t have to have parents who cared about rehab. I came across a boy with Hydrocephalus who’s UNREHABBED, so he’s stuck in a WHEELCHAIR so his stupid ass mom can get that check. CAN YOU IMAGINE IGNORING YOUR BABY’S REHAB❓❓⁉️Hydrocephalus isn’t like Spina Bifida-rehab is the key to getting you on 2 feet💔💔💔

    • @zxznbvc8251
      @zxznbvc8251 Рік тому

      Pls get hippos from Colombia they are everywhere not good for farmers 😢 safety reasons they are going to have to start shooting them

  • @TwilightsRosaliie
    @TwilightsRosaliie 4 роки тому +1000

    :O That hippo's mom didn't seem to even realize that she was giving birth. Then it was like an immediate adoption lol.
    Like right when Fiona popped out--and prematurely--her mom just thought "My work here is done."

    • @beckywatt5048
      @beckywatt5048 4 роки тому +76

      Felicia Lattimore You would be surprised how many first time moms are like that , cows, dogs , etc .

    • @Jeremy-gy7me
      @Jeremy-gy7me 4 роки тому +23

      @@gsfbffxpdhhdf7043 why don't you just not talk anymore.

    • @Superjoseph-vd3zc
      @Superjoseph-vd3zc 4 роки тому +5

      Well that took a turn

    • @imyourmaster77
      @imyourmaster77 4 роки тому +24

      Yeah, it seems for most animals giving birth is not that big of a deal, we are different because of our huge heads and weird shape.

    • @taym1698
      @taym1698 4 роки тому +20

      @@imyourmaster77 if birth looked this easy maybe I'd be more inclined to do it lol

  • @aaronsabin8868
    @aaronsabin8868 Рік тому +3

    She’s so cute! Worth it!!!

  • @annettemurphy2317
    @annettemurphy2317 Рік тому +2

    She is so cute thanks to all the workers and doctors

    • @user-tv1xj5ji6x
      @user-tv1xj5ji6x Рік тому

      Hello Annette, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus?

  • @motorcop505
    @motorcop505 4 роки тому +82

    That was so amazing that the Pediatric nurses were called in to help... and did!

    • @atlantic_love
      @atlantic_love 3 роки тому +2

      It's a hidden ad for Cincinnati Children's Hospital, if you weren't able to figure it out.

    • @katiekat4457
      @katiekat4457 3 роки тому +6

      Steven and Kristy It's not a hidden ad for the children's hospital. It's giving them credit for doing what they did. It also makes Fiona's story more interesting and Fiona's story or history more complete. This is far from the first time that a regular hospital or a children's hospital has done something outstanding for the a local zoo. It's just that you hear about it more these days because of the internet. The only ad type tactic that is in there is to promote Cincinnati so they can attack people to visit or live there which would increase the amount of visitors of the zoo so they will have more money. Not every single thing you encounter is a "hidden" agenda or someone trying to get in your head.

  • @mikinotamouse1655
    @mikinotamouse1655 5 років тому +479

    As someone who wants to be a nurse, I would absolutely think it was the coolest thing if I got called to do an iv on a hippo.

    • @nigelft
      @nigelft 4 роки тому +19

      Although I always wanted to be a pathology technician, you still had to learn a huge amount of medicine in general, from A&P, to Clinical Biochemistry, Haematology, etc, being I also trained in Basic First Aid, via an intensive, three day course, inserting an emergency IV would be be pretty cool also ...
      On a hippo, though, problem is not only finding a suitable vein/site, but, especially in her case, due to being possibly dehydrated, is whether her veins are stable, and won't collapse ...

    • @natooshieromanholiday4291
      @natooshieromanholiday4291 4 роки тому +4

      *scuse me miss*

  • @K.Spade7902
    @K.Spade7902 8 місяців тому +1

    I'm relieved Fiona was saved. She's really thriving now!
    You are all heroes!
    Thank you

  • @theresehopkins1581
    @theresehopkins1581 7 місяців тому +1

    And now... over 6 years later..... success!!!! ❤❤❤❤
    Fiona is beautiful, friendly and healthy!!! ❤❤❤❤ Amazing what love does!!!

  • @secretsecret3649
    @secretsecret3649 3 роки тому +42

    As a person who was born early this holds a special place in my heart

  • @LittleFatFeet68
    @LittleFatFeet68 6 років тому +20

    That little open gummy mouth is just too precious! Thanks to everyone that worked and still works with this miracle baby, you have done so much to see that she got the best care available. You are truly wonderful individuals with gentle and caring souls. Bless you and yours and bless Fiona, she has grown into a happy healthy inquisitive hippo.

  • @claudiahillman606
    @claudiahillman606 Рік тому +6

    This totally warmed my heart! The people involved never gave up! Such an uplifting video!

  • @aljwham
    @aljwham Рік тому

    Watching this back and Fiona has grown so much. Thank you.

  • @jamara3330
    @jamara3330 3 роки тому +283

    Unfortunate that she was premature but what an absolute privilege for the staff to care for her.

    • @lindafarish3498
      @lindafarish3498 Рік тому +1

      Hope she makes it

    • @ded279
      @ded279 Рік тому +21

      @@lindafarish3498 this was 5 years ago, she's doing great now, and just got a new baby sibling last month! New sibling was born healthily thankfully as well.

    • @allisonjames2923
      @allisonjames2923 Рік тому +12

      @@lindafarish3498 She is now huge, gorgeous & has a healthy cute baby brother

    • @sarahudson108
      @sarahudson108 Рік тому +1

      They probably leant a lot from Fiona , so they can teach other zoo keepers and help lots of others animals .

  • @rabaile1
    @rabaile1 6 років тому +519

    I KNOW that she's okay, and I STILL get anxious watching this video.

    • @kousetsuhana
      @kousetsuhana 6 років тому +18

      rabaile1 me too. I swear I was tearing up it's so silly I know but she was so tiny and frail :'(

    • @rabaile1
      @rabaile1 6 років тому +7

      I know it! BUT ... poor little Fiona is poor no more. :o)

    • @mubarakm5753
      @mubarakm5753 6 років тому

      rabaile1 ًٌ

    • @injun240
      @injun240 6 років тому

      Gay

    • @injun240
      @injun240 6 років тому +1

      kousetsuhana gay

  • @jeannedouglas9912
    @jeannedouglas9912 Рік тому +2

    You guys were sooo blessed to be able to care for premi baby hippo Fiona. How many compassionate and competent caregivers on the planet? Lots! How wonderful for your team.

  • @theressamurphy2996
    @theressamurphy2996 Рік тому +1

    Wonderful baby animal, wonderful nurses, wonderful doctors(vets) wonderful contributors

    • @user-tv1xj5ji6x
      @user-tv1xj5ji6x Рік тому

      Hello Theressa, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus?

  • @safeinmyheart1
    @safeinmyheart1 5 років тому +37

    The kiss and the ears flapping made my heart explode.

  • @lovelylizyy
    @lovelylizyy 3 роки тому +450

    I can’t believe this many people disliked this video I felt like I was there with them and I’m glad she made it

    • @rocioaguilera3555
      @rocioaguilera3555 2 роки тому +58

      Just ignore them. They're looking for the attention their lives lack of

    • @IStandWithHarvard13
      @IStandWithHarvard13 2 роки тому +22

      Yes. It's embarrassing.

    • @mirasyal4259
      @mirasyal4259 2 роки тому +2

      Lol

    • @Manda8908
      @Manda8908 2 роки тому +19

      I can't understand why they disliked it either

    • @gracel6206
      @gracel6206 2 роки тому +13

      I haven't disliked it because I'm not that invested but I don't like that they took baby away from mum

  • @ohyoumadbitchhh
    @ohyoumadbitchhh Рік тому +3

    Aww bless you Fiona 🥺❤️
    Thank you to all the zoo team and children doctors that helped save baby Fiona 🥺 Much Love Guys!!! ♥️

  • @trumpsucks2290
    @trumpsucks2290 Рік тому +1

    OMG! thank you to the Cincinnati Zoo and Cincinnati Children's Hospital staff for the saving Fiona. you guys rock!!

  • @Ascension1004
    @Ascension1004 6 років тому +3800

    Imagine if humans actually loved other humans this much.

    • @earthing3696
      @earthing3696 6 років тому +311

      Humans are animals. Quit trying to make yourself out of the nature circle.

    • @eggboi4193
      @eggboi4193 6 років тому +40

      Ascension 2000 It would be a better world

    • @EraLily
      @EraLily 6 років тому +62

      We do.

    • @allisonmellsworth
      @allisonmellsworth 6 років тому +74

      It's called NICU

    • @mia-nevebarton249
      @mia-nevebarton249 6 років тому +3

      Ascension 2000. I know

  • @MelenaSoleil
    @MelenaSoleil 6 років тому +1315

    Saw a baby hippo in the thumbnail and clicked so fast!! BABY HIPPOOOOOOO!!!!! ❤❤❤

    • @ninalow2771
      @ninalow2771 6 років тому +4

      Eff Guglebytch same

    • @elguerokabron
      @elguerokabron 6 років тому +6

      I want a pet baby hippo now

    • @Erik-iz1rs
      @Erik-iz1rs 6 років тому +1

      Eff Guglebytch No need to be so excited, you see one in the mirror every day

    • @MelenaSoleil
      @MelenaSoleil 6 років тому

      Erik-chan but thanks I guess I am pretty cute 🙄

    • @t84t748748t6
      @t84t748748t6 6 років тому

      ho doesnt love baby animels

  • @joannalexa2531
    @joannalexa2531 Рік тому +4

    This is an amazing story, everybody who helped Fiona were angels sent from heaven! 💕

  • @darlind6463
    @darlind6463 Рік тому +1

    I've been to that zoo and loved it. Very nice zoo. Wish I could have gone back and seen Fiona face to face when she was a baby.

  • @axeltheredpanda5453
    @axeltheredpanda5453 2 роки тому +130

    Awwww that’s so precious! This is the type of love and care all animals deserve

  • @kendallcarroll3735
    @kendallcarroll3735 4 роки тому +267

    Caretakers: fiona NO.
    Fiona: *(holds breath)* Fiona Yes.

  • @tj921able
    @tj921able Рік тому

    Thank you, zoologists, for helping this baby stay alive. God Bless You for all the work you do.

  • @frenchbulldawg
    @frenchbulldawg Рік тому +1

    I came back to refresh the story of Fiona. So blessed. Thank you for saving her. We love her so much stilll

  • @puzzlemeajigsaw1154
    @puzzlemeajigsaw1154 6 років тому +2119

    Wow, so tense watching this, even knowing she's all fine. Can only imagine what it must have felt like for all these amazing people who cared for her through that difficult time. Well done 👏

    • @Robin-xt7yo
      @Robin-xt7yo 6 років тому +20

      Props to the whole Fiona Team. So touch and go in the early days. All that round the clock care and love. Whole team gets a high five.

    • @geroddervin1026
      @geroddervin1026 6 років тому +4

      Puzzle Me A Jigsaw yes

    • @UnholyByChoice
      @UnholyByChoice 6 років тому

      I would have fed her to hyena cubs to keep them going and try for a successful hippo birth next time.

    • @AG.Floats
      @AG.Floats 6 років тому +1

      13:51 makes me feel better lol

    • @2batgirl
      @2batgirl 6 років тому +6

      Why has like half the planet turned into these pathetic, needy, emo, emotional black holes that the rest of us have to put up with on Twitter and UA-cam?

  • @FenrirTwitch
    @FenrirTwitch 3 роки тому +80

    This Marine LOVES Hippos and this was SO HEART WARMING. everyone at the Zoo you guys are HEROS!

  • @rr637
    @rr637 Рік тому

    An amazing job performed by all the personnel that was involved and providing excellent care to Fiona. With God's help and their consistency Fiona striving

  • @luannesims9071
    @luannesims9071 Рік тому +1

    Beautiful video.
    Congratulations to all who contributed to saving Fiona.
    We need more people in the world who share their love and skills to help creatures great and small.

  • @missscreamwhore
    @missscreamwhore 6 років тому +458

    Sweet little baby potato 🥔😍 I jealous I wish I could be one of those people to help

    • @kneedeepinfishnet
      @kneedeepinfishnet 5 років тому +3

      Nfcghhgbhb 😴😯😡😡😴😁👑👟😠😬😡😢😴😮😣😤😆😇😈😉😈😉😯😐😐😑😅😕☺😊😀😁😂😃😄😅😠😢😴😮😣😤😆😇😈😉😯😑😕☺😊😀😁😂😃😄😅 5.2a,
      Lnswixhubxjwbxjwbxjwbxjabjabjwbxjsnjsnjscbjwbdjwdjwdbjwbdjwbwwnwjkmnchģgggggggggggg gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggn

    • @kaythlin1006
      @kaythlin1006 4 роки тому +4

      cam Zometsky wtf

    • @samrogers8643
      @samrogers8643 4 роки тому +2

      If you're real you're haaawt

    • @joeyjaime3746
      @joeyjaime3746 4 роки тому +2

      That's not a potato
      It's a Ham

    • @BluEyeBeauti
      @BluEyeBeauti 4 роки тому

      Ikr same here

  • @lailah5604
    @lailah5604 5 років тому +968

    _I thought there was more babies inside of her because of her size.._
    *I was wrong*

    • @Make-Asylums-Great-Again
      @Make-Asylums-Great-Again 4 роки тому +14

      Just lailah u monster

    • @SR-uz1ov
      @SR-uz1ov 4 роки тому +8

      Haha good one

    • @asmrbyffion5037
      @asmrbyffion5037 4 роки тому +47

      Im 30 wekks pregnant and everyone thinks im having twins.
      Nope... just the one ... 😂✌

    • @florpleborp2275
      @florpleborp2275 4 роки тому +28

      Ffion Jones My cousin-in-law had a baby boy who is HUGE. He was wearing 8 months clothes at 2 months. His older brother was two and a half when this baby was born, and 9 months in and they’re already nearly the same size.

    • @asmrbyffion5037
      @asmrbyffion5037 4 роки тому +3

      @@florpleborp2275 oh wow

  • @Ihatewater9000
    @Ihatewater9000 Рік тому

    So amazing all the people went into helping Fiona, and thank Goodness for Childrens Hospitals everywhere!
    I’m just watching this first time and I’m totally in love with everyone there! 🤗

  • @SvetlanaK_Sunday
    @SvetlanaK_Sunday Рік тому

    I admire the dedication and dedication of zoo workers to animals! Completely fascinated by baby Fiona. The video touches the soul to tears! Give you the universe of all the blessings!

  • @lalaland5265
    @lalaland5265 4 роки тому +107

    Where my dad lives this is our local zoo and I remember when Fiona was born you couldn’t even get a glimpse of her because everyone would crowd the tank.

  • @thomasjones4893
    @thomasjones4893 4 роки тому +184

    No one:
    Fiona: I was born at a very young age.

  • @jramsey9690
    @jramsey9690 Рік тому

    Bless this team for going above and beyond to keep this precious baby alive.

  • @divablessed8578
    @divablessed8578 Рік тому

    Thank you to all involved in saving this beautiful precious adorable creature nd showing her she deserves to live no matter what’s involved my heart respect nd appreciation goes out to all of you everywhere that does this

  • @judyivie4181
    @judyivie4181 2 роки тому +92

    Love the fiona story. Everyone involved is a hero for that baby.

  • @Kim-lc3fv
    @Kim-lc3fv 6 років тому +207

    An amazing story. I've been following Fiona since her birth, but was not aware how dire her condition was before the vascular location team came to assist. What a huge help that was. Thank you for the dedication of everyone who helped dear little Fiona. ☺💕

  • @robertbrown9024
    @robertbrown9024 Рік тому +2

    We need more people like you folks in the country you folks are the best!

  • @lilfox501
    @lilfox501 Рік тому

    This video made my heart smile. Everyone involved with helping this baby thrive are heroes. Bless u all.