Poppy was born to parents Iris and Corwan after a 7-month gestation. The baby girl is Iris and Corwin’s third calf in 4.5 ...

An adorable baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, had its first swim accompanied by its mom after ...

We mentioned in last week's Pygmy Hippo Watch (not a phrase I ever expected to write) that Metro Richmond Zoo's yet-unnamed baby was merely the most recent ...

Step aside, Moo Deng, there’s a new baby hippo in town — and she finally has a name. Introducing…. Poppy! The Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va., announced the baby pygmy hippopotamus’ name on the ...

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The famed pygmy hippo even received an upgraded zoo enclosure from Canadian cryptocurrency billionaire Vitalik Buterin, who donated more than $290,000 to Moo Deng’s zoo in Thailand so he could be her ...

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A Virginia zoo got a hippopotamus for Christmas because only a hippopotamus would do. A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf ...

"Most people don't get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years," the Metro Richmond Zoo shared Metro Richmond Zoo Two pygmy hippos in Virginia ...

The new baby pygmy hippopotamus that was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in December is now on view at the zoo, according to officials. The newborn, who has yet to be named, can be seen at Hippo ...

(RICHMOND, Va.) — The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is welcoming a newborn pygmy hippo just before the holidays, the zoo announced in a press release on Dec 24. The newborn arrived on Dec 9.