Dschungel Abenteuer - Large hippopotamus indoor exhibit in area with free-ranging birds, 2024-08-05

It's interesting how they have waterfowl mixed in with their Pygmy Hippos! I don't recall seeing that before in the U.S.

@Summer Tanager They do not keep pygmy hippos, but large/common hippos. I haven't seen many other examples myself, but there are other exhibits with hippos and birds in Europe.

@KevinB Thank you for clearing up my mistake! Somehow I jumped to the conclusion that this was a Pygmy Hippo exhibit. I've seen a few Common Hippo exhibits with waterfowl, especially White-faced Whistling Duck. I'm not sure how these work, but my impression is that the hippos don't chase or harass the ducks.

@Summer Tanager I have heard of cases of hippos - especially younger males - injuring larger birds like pelicans, but I think ducks would likely be fast enough to get away. From what I have read pygmy hippos are actually more likely to harass or injure birds, although I believe some zoos also keep them with birds.