The Melbourne Zoo in Australia shares footage of the most adorable pygmy hippo taking its first swim in the big pool with its ...

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Most common hippos give birth in water, but pygmy hippos also can give birth on land. Earlier this month, Poppy received her name from a poll of four options that generated more than 116,000 votes ...

Common hippos typically give birth underwater, but their smaller relatives the pygmy hippo are born on land or in water. Poppy arrived on December 9 at 4:50 p.m., with several zookeepers and even ...

Just a few months after Moo Deng's birth, a female pygmy calf named Haggis claimed social media fame. Born in October 2024, Haggis resides at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo.

Five days after her birth, the zoo gave the baby hippo a health exam and determined she was female, weighing a healthy 15 pounds. Full-grown pygmy hippos can reach between 350 to 600 pounds.

Step aside Moo Deng, there’s a new pygmy hippopotamus in town. Earlier this month, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, welcomed a baby female pygmy hippo calf whose name will be decided ...

Common hippos usually give birth underwater, while pygmy hippo calves can be born on land or in water. The baby hippo arrived around 4:50 p.m., while Iris was laboring in the indoor pool, the ...

Virginia With a newborn pygmy hippo, Virginia gets its own ‘Moo Deng’ Baby hippos have become online celebrities in recent years, thanks to social media hype and their own cuteness.

The baby hippo, a girl who has not yet been named, was born to parents Iris and Corwin at Metro Richmond Zoo on Dec. 9. She's their third female calf in under five years.

The baby hippo is the second calf born just before the holidays. This was Iris' first water birth. Common hippos usually give birth underwater, but pygmy hippos can be born on land or in water.

Iris, the mother of the baby pygmy hippo, gave birth in an indoor pool around 4:50 p.m. on Dec. 9. The zoo stated in its release that the newborn began moving around the body of water immediately ...