Fiona the hippo was the first Nile hippo born at Cincinnati Zoo in 75 years. — -- Fiona the hippo is the viral star splashing her way into hearts and onto the screens of millions around the ...

Disney's Animal Kingdom's mama hippo, Tuma, gave birth to a Nile hippopotamus on Saturday There’s a new addition to Disney’s Animal Kingdom! The park announced the happy news that mama hippo ...

Donna, the world’s oldest Nile hippo in captivity, who gave birth to 8 babies and lived through 15 presidential elections, died this week at 61.“It is with great sadness for us to announce ...

Dr. Jessye Wojtusik performs an ultrasound on Bibi, a 17-year-old Nile hippopotamus at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. With the probe, Wojtusik zooms in on the murky image.

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The sculpture will depict OKC native Gayla Peevey, who sang the 1953 holiday hit " I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas," as a 10-year-old with the zoo’s first Nile hippo, Mathilda, How will the ...

pygmy hippos are much smaller than the more commonly known Nile Hippos. While they're much smaller, by the time he is full grown Latke will weigh between 400 and 600 pounds. That might sound like ...

a subset of the hippo family with somewhat different behavior — they’re less aquatic — and a fully-grown weight of about 600 pounds, far smaller than a normal Nile hippopotamus male ...

Guests can see Omo and the hippo family in the "Water’s Edge: Africa." In August 2021, first-time Nile hippo father Biko smashed a watermelon with the insides dyed blue (with animal-safe food ...

Older sister Fiona, 5, appeared curious when Fritz approached but followed cues from their mother and backed away before the Nile hippo calf was able to bump noses with her, the zoo said.