Poppy, a pygmy hippo, was born at Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia on Dec. 9. Her name was selected by online voters.

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is offering 30-minute meet-and-greets with its new baby pygmy hippo Poppy through February.

pygmy hippos also can give birth on land. Step aside, Moo Deng: Watch this baby pygmy hippo born in Virginia just before Christmas Iris gave birth to Poppy in the zoo's hippo enclosure indoor pool.

Common hippos typically give birth underwater, but their smaller relatives the pygmy hippo are born on land or in water. Poppy arrived on December 9 at 4:50 p.m., with several zookeepers and even ...

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The now one-month-old hippo first made headlines after her birth last month, following the social media fervor surrounding Thailand's pygmy hippo Moo Deng this past summer. Here's what to know ...

Poppy, a pygmy hippo calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo, is quickly gaining global fame. She is the third calf born to Iris and ...

The delivery was distinctive, because it marked the first time that Iris, the pygmy hippo’s mother, gave birth in the enclosure’s pool. “That was unique,” Lopez says to the Washington Post.

Until then, the Poppy Pygmy Hippo Experience is available at 11 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. every day but Sunday. Talk of pygmy hippos began to circulate online in July 2024 after the birth of ...