Virginia zoo, pygmy hippopotamus

The pygmy hippo parents ... “Most people don’t get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years.” This is the first time Iris gave birth in ...
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 ...
The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia welcomed a baby pygmy hippopotamus earlier this month, officials announced.