a US zoo has named its adorable baby pygmy hippo

New baby pygmy hippo now on view at Metro Richmond Zoo
The new baby pygmy hippopotamus that was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in December is now on view at the zoo, according to officials.
EXCLUSIVE: Name of baby pygmy hippo born at Virginia zoo has been revealed
The Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, has revealed on TODAY the name of the baby pygmy hippo born there in December.
Richmond Zoo reveals new baby hippo’s name live on TODAY!
A new pygmy hippo was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo and its director Jim Andelin joins TODAY after fans voted on what her name will be with the exclusive reveal of the winner.
Name picked for Metro Richmond Zoo’s new baby pygmy hippo
The Metro Richmond Zoo has released the name of its new pygmy hippo after votes were collected through a poll.
Votes are in: Meet Poppy, the newly named pygmy hippo at Metro Richmond Zoo
MOSLEY, Va. — The votes have been tabulated, and the baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo has been named. “Poppy” was the winner in voting from more than 116,000 ballots, the zoo said in a news release on Monday. The female hippo garnered 52.8% of the votes, which came from hippo lovers across 165 countries.
A Virginia Zoo Now Has Its Own Moo Deng—See the ‘Adorable’ Baby Pygmy Hippo Born in December
The young female made her public debut this week, and the Metro Richmond Zoo is asking fans to vote on her name—a choice between Poppy and Hammie Mae
Richmond Zoo's baby pygmy hippo needs a name
Richmond got a hippopotamus for Christmas — and you can now go visit her. The big picture: The unnamed baby pygmy hippo was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in December, and people are so obsessed with her that a poll to name her got 52,
Move over, Moo Deng — a US zoo has named its adorable baby pygmy hippo
The famed pygmy hippo even received an upgraded zoo enclosure from Canadian cryptocurrency billionaire Vitalik Buterin, who donated more than $290,000 to Moo Deng’s zoo in Thailand so he could be her “adoptive father,” Viral Press reported.
Metro Richmond Zoo’s new baby pygmy hippo remains unnamed
The Metro Richmond Zoo has had pygmy hippos since 2018, but it was Thailand’s Moo Deng that made the miniature, moist mammals household names. As I walk into the baby’s pen, she follows her mother Iris and slides into a fresh pool of water.
The name of the new baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo is...
Last year over the summer, a baby pygmy hippo born in Thailand named Moo Deng gained international interest when photos of the playful hippopotamus went viral. Moo Deng, which means "bouncy pork," a type of meatball, in Thai, likes to "deng," or bounce, and her bouncing quickly gained traction online, appearing in countless memes.
Meet Poppy, the baby pygmy hippo born in Virginia
The United States now has its own pygmy hippo baby to compete with the cute viral hippo babies born in other countries recently.
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People can now visit Metro Richmond Zoo’s very own baby pygmy hippo
The baby weighed 15 pounds ... “Here at the Metro Richmond Zoo, we are helping with the conservation of the species, so this pygmy hippo right here is going to be very important and vital ...
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Endangered pygmy hippo born at Virginia zoo
The pygmy hippo parents, Iris and Corwin, gave birth to a third little girl in the past 4.5 years. The Metro Richmond Zoo announced that a baby pygmy hippo was born on Dec. 9, 2024, in ...