Hippos at AK - real or fake?

[cjb71870]

Real.........

 

[ckdsnynt]

So this past Saturday my boyfriend and I went went out to breakfast and as always I brought up our upcoming Disney trip - BTW BF is not a fan of Disney. So we were talking about about the Animal Kingdom and the Kilimanjaro Safaris (the ride where you see wildlife and have to save the baby elephant oh no! hehe), that's when he told me that the hippos are fake, because hippos are dangerous and they can't trust hippos around people. That's when I said that lions and alligators are dangerous to but their still there. So my question is are the hippos on the Kilimanjaro Safaris real or fake?TIA!

The pygmy hippos are very real. They were being brought to AK when it opened from the OKC zoo as a pair and as they were being transported, something happened to one of them and it died. Everytime we go to AK, we look for "our" hippo from Oklahoma!

 

[ckdsnynt]

One of the original Hippos was donated from the OKC Zoo. We said goodbye to our Hippo, but knew that she would be well taken care of at Disney. I also know that in the first few months, Disney lost some of their animals, but I don't know if the Hippo from OKC was one of them or not.

A pair was actually donated and one died in transit. As far as I know, the other is still doing fine at AK. Haven't heard otherwise.

 

[PolyndianPrincessJes]

One of the original Hippos was donated from the OKC Zoo. We said goodbye to our Hippo, but knew that she would be well taken care of at Disney. I also know that in the first few months, Disney lost some of their animals, but I don't know if the Hippo from OKC was one of them or not.

The pygmy hippos are very real. They were being brought to AK when it opened from the OKC zoo as a pair and as they were being transported, something happened to one of them and it died. Everytime we go to AK, we look for "our" hippo from Oklahoma!

I didn't know one of the hippos was an Okie!! How neat.

 

[Macca1111]

Being animatronic would imply that he moves...

 

[DrZoidberg]

They are real. I saw them being fed large white marbles.