A Baby Pygmy Hippo Born at Taronga Zoo!
Have you seen the newest arrival at Taronga Zoo? This adorable little animal is Monifa, a baby pygmy hippopotamus!
The three-week-old hippo is only as big as a piglet, which is why she can be washed in this tub! In fact, baths are one of her favourite things!
“She’s such an inquisitive little thing and loves bath time, she even turns somersaults in the water,” said the zoo’s hippo keeper Renae Zammit.
Monifa means “I am lucky” in Nigerian, and it’s a pretty apt name! Wild pygmy hippos are under threat due to dwindling habitats and opportunistic hunters. Isn’t it wonderful that we …read more
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