#poppy the pygmy hippo

[nancydrewwouldnever]

This sweet girl got named Poppy!

And good thing, because the name in second place in the poll was Hammie Mae. 🫤

[thepastisalreadywritten]

[rvllybllply2014]

Poppy and her mom iris poppy is moo dengs cousin and you can really tell that in this video. Poppy is usual very calm

[kettsuoop]

New baby dropped

[typhlonectes]

Poppy The Pygmy Hippo - Metro Richmond Zoo

[skywarpie]

Richmond zoo has their own baby pygmy hippo and they named her pOPPY???

[dollsahoy]

There has been a Pygmy Hippo born in the US

and the zoo where she is is holding a poll to name her

The choices are

POPPY (a flower like her mom’s name) JUNIPER (an evergreen shrub to remember winter) HAMMIE MAE (a sweet and southern tie to Virginia ham) OMI (means “water” in Yoruba, a language spoken in West Africa)

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from the Smithsonian Magazine:

The world is getting another Moo Deng. On December 9, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia welcomed a newborn female pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis). After some time being raised behind the scenes, the youngster made her public debut this week.

“She’s a curious and brave little pygmy hippo,” Jan Lopez, lead zookeeper at the Metro Richmond Zoo, says to WAVY’s Allison Williams. And already, the baby is showing her personality: “She sometimes has her little zoomies, and she’ll hop around.”

Thailand’s own baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng won hearts around the world last year. Videos of the hippo’s sassy personality and bouncy antics went viral in September, aided by her zookeeper at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo sharing daily footage of her on Instagram. Then, another newborn pygmy hippo named Haggis skyrocketed to fame at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.

As for the latest baby, “I hope she becomes the next Moo Deng,” Lopez tells Kyle Swenson of the Washington Post.

Videos of the other two recently born (in zoos) pygmy hippos:

Moo Deng (Thailand):

Haggis (Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland):

[radgritty]

Why do baby pygmy hippos "popcorn" and then get the zoomies? The new pygmy hippo at Zoo Richmond does the same thing! Her name is Poppy ❤️

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Can't take a trip to Thailand to see Moo Deng? No worries!

You can now visit the Metro Richmond Zoo for a unique behind-the-scenes experience, where you get to meet and feed American pygmy hippo star Poppy and her mom! 🦛

21 January 2025

[rvllybllply2014]

Poppy the calmer pygmy hippo

[the-rad-menace]

You can vote on her name here! You do need a Google account though.

The Options:

POPPY (a flower like her mom’s name)

JUNIPER (an evergreen shrub to remember winter)

HAMMIE MAE (a sweet and southern tie to Virginia ham)

OMI (means “water” in Yoruba, a language spoken in West Africa)

A hippopotamus for Christmas: Baby pygmy hippo born at Virginia zoo

A Virginia zoo is celebrating the arrival of an adorable newborn pygmy hippo who made her debut just before Christmas. 

The baby hippo, a girl who has not yet been named, was born to parents Iris and Corwin at Metro Richmond Zoo on Dec. 9. She's their third female calf in under five years. The zoo said Iris was all smiles on Christmas morning. "Most people don't get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years," the zoo said. Iris and Corwin's previous calf was born on Dec. 6, 2022...

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pygmy-hippo-born-metro-richmond-zoo/

[thepastisalreadywritten]

The collab you've been waiting for. Hey Poppy 🇺🇸, Toni 🇩🇪, Haggis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, and Moo Deng 🇹🇭!

Pygmy hippo girl gang assemble. 💗🦛🦛🦛🦛💗💅🏼

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Toni (born 3 June 2024)

Moo Deng (born 10 July 2024)

Haggis (born 30 October 2024)

Poppy (9 December 2024)

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Poppy the Pygmy Hippo 🦛

BORN: 9 December 2024, 4:50PM

PARENTS: Iris and Corwin

📍Metro Richmond Zoo

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The pygmy hippo is an endangered species native to the swamps and rivers of West Africa. Less than 2,500 mature individuals remain in the wild.

This birth – like all of Iris’ births – plays an important role in helping protect this rare and elusive species.

Unlike common hippos, pygmy hippos do not live in groups and are usually solitary or in pairs.

For this reason, once Iris’ two previous calves grew up, they were moved to other zoological facilities to live with future mates and continue contributing to the conservation of their species.

The Metro Richmond Zoo is the only place in Virginia where people can see hippos.