Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, June 9 (UPI) -- A duckling trapped on the embankment of a pond at a Netherlands Zoo escaped with a little help from its friends -- a pair of hippopotamuses. A visitor to the Rotterdam Zoo -- locally known as the Diergaarde Blijdorp -- filmed the small duck repeatedly attempting to jump from the embankment to the shore, but falling short of making it over a short barrier. Advertisement The footage, posted to YouTube, shows the duckling is soon joined by a pair of hippos, which appear to startle the bird as it attempts to avoid the much larger animals. However, rather than make a meal out of the duckling, the hippos use their snouts to the give the baby duck a boost and help it to reach the shore and reunite with its mother. Read More Newborn pudu, world's smallest deer species, welcomed at New York zoo Baby goats frolick in pajamas for viral video Waving bear at Washington state farm shows off catching skills Family of fledgling ferrets climb stone wall in Utah