The maternal glare seems to be a worldwide phenomenon.
Social media users have compared the amusing exchange between a newborn hippo and his mother to a confrontation between a toddler and his mother, and the video has received over 4.6 million likes.
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A 5-week-old pygmy hippopotamus calf named Mars is shown in a TikTok posted by Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas, refusing to leave a pool until his mother, Posie, has to intervene.
The caption reads, “Better listen to mom!” and the video’s textover contrasts us advising Mars it’s time to leave the water with his mother telling him the same thing.
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Playtime ends when a zookeeper helps Mars out of the pool at the start of the clip. However, the wiggling hippo manages to get away and dashes back into the water. The camera moves to Posie, who gives the baby hippo the glare as he joyfully resumes his swim.
After that, Mars jumps out of the water and leaves the area with his mother.
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At the end of the day, this is a rather regular event, Dr. Samantha Russak, the zoo’s Curator of Research and Welfare, tells TODAY.com.
It has been difficult to get Mars inside because the hippos spend the night indoors. According to Russak, the adult hippos enter the building with ease because they are aware that they would be fed there. However, Mars will not be eating additional solid food for at least two months because he is still nursing off of Posie. She says that because we have food that he isn’t ready to consume yet, he is less inclined to come inside.
According to Russak, Mars, who was born on June 26th, weighs roughly 40 pounds and has a mucus-like fluid called blood sweat on her body. It is a fluid that helps prevent sunburn and prevents their skin from drying up. In essence, though, that makes him a greasy avocado.
It’s really difficult to pick him up and simply carry him inside because of his bulk and that secretion. We discovered that if mom is becoming impatient and wants to go inside, we may call her back out or she will turn around and emit little grunts, she adds. It appears to be universal. All mothers have that power over their children. She must have used all three of his names, someone commented.
Commenters were compelled to draw comparisons between Posie’s response and that of a human mother with her own toddler. Many brought up the “mom stare,” a nonverbal communication technique used by mothers with their children. It is usually required when moms need to assert their authority or when kids are misbehaving.
One person wrote that all creatures exhibit the maternal stare.
Another said, “She looked at him.”
Others speculated about what Posie might have said to Mars to get him to leave the pool.
One individual wrote, “I know you heard that lady tell you come out of the water,” from Posie’s point of view.
Another person said, “Mars potato Jones, get out of the water now.”
A third person wrote, Mom: 1–2… Baby: Alright, mother * glares: you’re a traitor.
Mom: If you’re still in that pool and right behind me when I turn around and start to walk, we’re going to have a problem, okay? A TikTok user made a joke.
“So, toddlers or all species are the same?” another person commented.
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