A zoo in Virginia got a special early Christmas gift — the birth of a wide-eyed, shoebox-sized, baby pygmy hippopotamus.
Metro Richmond ZooChristmas came early to the Metro Richmond Zoo with the gift of a pygmy hippo calf.In 1953, a 10-year-old star named Gayla Peevey gave the world something to yearn for when she recorded the classic song,"I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas."
Nearly 70 years later, a zoo in Virginia delivered a version of Peevey's wish – and not just with any ol' hippopotamus, but with a wide-eyed, shoebox-sized, baby pygmy hippopotamus.The Richmond Metro Zoo welcomed a baby pygmy hippo on Dec. 6.The yet-to-be-named calf weighed in at a healthy 16 pounds during her first neonatal exam – just a sliver of the 600 pounds she could weigh when fully grown.
"Iris is an experienced mother and very caring of her baby. The calf has been nursing and is growing quickly," the zoo wrote in a birth announcement. Both daughter and mother will be kept off-exhibit while they bond.
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