Kicker: The “mom look”

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MARY REICHARD, HOST: You know that look every little kid understands? The mom look? Turns out this is not confined to humans.

AUDIO: We have a 13 pound pygmy hippo calf.

The name’s Mars. At Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Kansas earlier this summer (Tanganyika Wildlife Park) the keepers did what they could to try leading the pool-happy pygmy calf to nap time. But to little avail.

AUDIO: We’re out here on a mission to get the hippo inside

Nope, this is a job for mom. She steps to the edge … gives “The Look” … and pool time’s over. Junior hops out and falls in line as though momma had just used first, middle, and last name.

Turns out the mom stare works in all species.

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