Move over, Moo Deng: Meet the Baby Pygmy hippo born in Virginia just before Christmas
A female pygmy hippopotamus delivered a healthy calf on December 9 at the Metro Richmond Zoo, Virginia. It is the third baby hippo born in the last 5 years on the zoo premises. The hippopotamus named Iris gave birth to the pygmy after a 7-month gestation and the calf also underwent a neonatal exam and weighed 15 pounds.