Baby Pygmy Hippo Born In Virginia Zoo
Remember the holiday classic “I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas”? Well, holiday wishes came true at a Virginia zoo. A baby pygmy hippo was born this month at the Metro Richmond Zoo. She is a 16-pound baby girl the size of a shoebox.
According to NPR, the baby has not been named, but she will someday grow to nearly 600 pounds. For now, she’s resting with her mother in a special enclosure. The new arrival is the second pygmy hippo born at the zoo, the only place in Virginia that’s home to the wiggly-eared, semiaquatic mammals.
Pygmy hippos are an endangered species, with only about 2,500 left in the wild. What should this baby hippo be named?
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