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Fiona (born 24 January 2017) is a hippopotamus born and living at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.The first Nile hippo imaged on ultrasound pre-natally, and the first born at the zoo in 53 years, she was born prematurely and cared for with the assistance of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
Hippo masks were also used in Nyau funerary rituals of the Chewa of Southern Africa. [101]: 120 According to Robert Baden-Powell, Zulu warriors referred to hippos in war chants. [112] The Behemoth from the Book of Job, 40:15–24 is thought to be based on the hippo. [113] Hippos have been the subjects of various African folktales.
The Cincinnati Zoo revealed on TODAY that they welcomed a new baby boy hippo to its family last week. The calf is the sibling of the zoo’s most famous hippo, 5-year-old Fiona.
The common hippopotamus gives birth and mates only in the water, but pygmy hippos mate and give birth on both land and water. Young pygmy hippos can swim almost immediately. At birth, pygmy hippos weigh 4.5–6.2 kg (9.9–13.7 lb) with males weighing about 0.25 kg (0.55 lb) more than females.
Baby hippos are born underwater at a weight between 25 and 50 kg (55 and 110 lb) and an average length of around 127 cm (4.17 ft), and must swim to the surface to take their first breaths. A mother typically gives birth to only one calf, although twins also occur.
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When Billy first came to the zoo, however, keepers did not know much about pygmy hippopotamus husbandry. A mate for Billy, a female named Hannah, was acquired by the zoo on September 4, 1929. [8] Billy's and Hannah's first calf was born on August 26, 1931, but did not survive the week.