Throwing it back to Akobi's early days of heart-melting. Not only is the pygmy hippo much smaller than the common river hippo, but it's much more rare. These pygmy taters are found only in the interior forests in parts of West Africa, mainly confined to Liberia, with small numbers in the neighboring countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast. As a shy, nocturnal herbivore, the pygmy hippo eluded Western science until 1840. Little is known of its habits in the wild, but lots is known about Akobi's adorableness. #EndangeredSpecies #PygmyHippo #TaterTot #SanDiegoZoo 📷 Liz Sauer