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This is the fourth pygmy hippo born in a U.S. zoo in the last year, which is significant for the endangered species.
She didn't look real,' Fiona keeper Jenna Wingate recalls. Now, she's a grown-up hippo, still with star status.
Fiona the hippo at the Cincinnati Zoo has been written up in the New York Times and her own show. Mars, a pigmy hippo in Kansas has garnered international attention while a foursome of baby giraffes a ...
MLive was there as the community members gathered to see father Jahari reveal the gender of the zoo’s newest addition. Check ...
Friends, I hope you're picturing the absolute town-crier vibe of this announcement. This Monday we are collectively gifted by ...
Pygmy hippo Jahari, father of John Ball Zoo's newest addition, helped break the news on Thursday at John Ball Zoo.
A pygmy hippopotamus was born at the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids on Wednesday, the facility said in a social media post.
John Ball Zoo is happy to share the birth of a pygmy hippo calf! Zoo staff are excited about the newborn for more than one ...
The cutest guessing game in Grand Rapids is about to come to an end as John Ball Zoo will reveal the gender of its first ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A big day in my neighborhood of Grand Rapids. John Ball Zoo revealed the gender of the Pygmy Hippo born last week. The father had knocked the watermelon inside the exhibit behind ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A Michigan zoo has announced the birth of its pygmy hippo calf. John Ball Zoo announced on Facebook ...
The John Ball Zoo's hippo calf was born on Sept. 3 to mother Penelope and her mate Jahari. The calf, who is yet to be named, ...