Sometimes people come to the blog area of MH&L to read hard-hitting commentaries on various political and workforce issues affecting those who work in material handling and logistics. And then sometimes they come because where else can you go to see a video of live hippopotamuses (hippopatami?) being moved via forklift from one end of a zoo to another?

Here are the details, courtesy of Toyota Material Handling U.S.A.:

Two hippos at the Philadelphia Zoo — Cindy and Unna — were transported in a large crate: 15′ long x 5′ wide x 7″ high. After getting the hippos into the crate, some of which you’ll see in the video, they were moved via a large capacity Toyota lift truck, supplied by United Rentals.

So now that you’ve got the basic setup, here’s the video payoff of “Hippos on the Move”: