Hip Hippo Hooray! Pygmy Hippo Born at British Zoo

It’s a boy! Officials at Britain's Bristol Zoo Gardens have announced the birth of a male pygmy hippo, good news for an endangered species rarely seen in the wild. The male is just three weeks old and joins parents Sirana and Nato in the zoo’s hippo house. To give Nato and Sirana time to settle into parenting, the hippos were not seen in public until their home was reopened last week. The BBC reported zookeepers were "particularly thrilled" because fewer males than...

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