A zoo in the US state of Virginia received the most wonderful of presents for Christmas this year when a baby pygmy hippo was born at the enclosure. Footage of the adorable newcomer shows it familiarising itself with its surroundings after getting weighed by zoo staff. The images were obtained…
Residents of a rural region of Colombia have been accused by the authorities of stealing the offspring of Pablo Escobar's hippos and flogging them on the black market. According to the local authorities, residents in the Colombian subregion of Magdalena Medio Antioquia have been stealing the calves from their parents…
One of deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ has attacked a man out fishing with pals and put him in hospital with multiple injuries. Escobar, who was shot dead in December 1993, bought four hippos to live at his Hacienda Napoles estate in the town of Puerto Triunfo in…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5OaO3H9xek&feature=youtu.be Credit: Newsflash/ZooParc de Beauval This footage shows France's "only baby hippopotamus" who is just over two weeks old and called Gloria taking her first dip in the water with mum. The incredible footage shows just how well the little hippo can swim despite being under a month old. She…
Video Credit: CEN/@buinzoo This is the moment a baby Pygmy hippo follows its mum around the enclosure before enjoying its first bath in the pond - while other footage shows the moment the cute calf was born in the zoo. The pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis) was born…
