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In a Facebook post filled with images of Penelope, the zoo said it's the perfect time to come visit her and her round belly.
The 7-year-old female pygmy hippo arrived at John Ball Zoo in the summer of 2023 from the Toronto Zoo in Canada.
Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo living in Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Bang Phra, Thailand, went viral in September 2024. Viewers around ...
Penelope, one of the zoo’s pygmy hippos, is pregnant, the zoo announced in a Thursday social media post. It will be the pygmy ...
Viral pygmy hippo Moo Deng will turn one next week—and crypto degens are pumping her unofficial Solana meme coin.
Americans who have fallen in love with Moo Deng no longer need to travel to Thailand to see a baby pygmy hippo in person. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, to the Metro Richmond Zoo's resident pygmy ...
Poppy, a female calf, was born at Metro Richmond Zoo on Dec. 9, just in time for the holidays. The calf was born to the zoo's Iris and Corwin, and she is the parents' third calf in 4½ years.
Rebecca Weidner, with Emerie, 6, and Wells, 3, vote for the name of the new baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo on Friday. The name Poppy got the most votes in the contest.
RICHMOND, Va. — A female pygmy hippopotamus delivered a healthy calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo earlier this month, officials said — the third baby hippo born at the zoo within the past five years.
The public is able to see the new endangered pygmy hippo calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia. The mother and calf returned to the pool Dec. 30. It was the calf's first time submerged in ...
A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf of the endangered species to be born at the zoo in the last five years, officials said.
A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf of the endangered species to be born at the zoo in the last five years, officials said.