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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.
The first zoo hippo in modern history was Obaysch, who arrived at the London Zoo on 25 May 1850, where he attracted up to 10,000 visitors a day and inspired a popular song, the "Hippopotamus Polka". [ 107 ]
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. Pygmy hippos are fully weaned between six and eight months of age; before weaning they do not accompany their mother when she leaves the water to forage, but instead hide in the water by themselves.
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.
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.
The youngest remains of the species are from Condeixa in Portugal, suggested to date to approximately 400,000 years ago, [11] and Malagrotta in central Italy, dating to 450-380,000 years ago. [14] Later records of the genus Hippopotamus in Europe are believed to belong to the modern hippopotamus ( Hippopotamus amphibius ). [ 6 ]
Taylor Fritz is looking to capture his first Grand Slam title, becoming the first American man to do so since Andy Roddick in 2003. Ahead of this year's U.S. Open, Fritz told T&C, "At the end of ...
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