A public vote has opened to name the Metro Richmond Zoo's newborn female pygmy hippopotamus calf. The calf was born on Dec. 9, according to a Christmas Eve news release from the Virginia-based zoo.

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The newborn weighed 15 pounds. The zoo says grown pygmy hippos can weigh up to 600 pounds. The zoo said baby hippo hasn’t been named yet and is not yet ready to be in a public exhibit. “This gives mom ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- There's a new pygmy hippo in town! The Houston Zoo announced Tuesday that it has welcomed a 450-pound male pygmy hippopotamus named Silas. The 2-and-a-half-year-old hippo ...

"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 ...

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 of ...

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CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A zoo in Virginia welcomed a baby hippopotamus just in time for Christmas. The Richmond Metro Zoo announced on Dec. 24 the birth of a baby pygmy hippopotamus at ...