Meet Poppy, the Next Moo Deng! Virginia Zoo Names Baby Hippopotamus After Heated Vote
The Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va., announced the baby pygmy hippopotamus ’ name on the Today show after a heated ...
Thousands voted to name Virginia’s newborn hippo. Here’s the winner.
Metro Richmond Zoo recently celebrated the birth of a pygmy hippo and held an online naming contest that drew more than ...
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The name of the new baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo is...
Last year over the summer, a baby pygmy hippo born in Thailand named Moo Deng gained international interest when photos of the playful hippopotamus went viral. Moo Deng, which means "bouncy pork," a ...
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Cute alert! Baby pygmy hippo joins mother in enclosure at Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia
The baby hippo was born to parents Iris and Corwin at Metro Richmond Zoo on Dec. 9 (Credit: Metro Richmond Zoo via TMX) ...
People can now visit Metro Richmond Zoo’s very own baby pygmy hippo
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WWBT) - Meet the Metro Richmond Zoo’s newest superstar. On Dec. 9, the zoo welcomed a baby pygmy ...
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Poppy or Hammie Mae? Richmond Zoo's naming poll for baby pygmy hippo continues
Whether they voted to name her Hammie Mae or Poppy, most visitors CBS 6 spoke with at the Metro Richmond Zoo agreed the new baby pygmy hippo born just a few weeks ago is adorable.
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Welcome to the Richmond Zoo’s newest pygmy hippo — and there’s a second round of voting to choose this baby hippo’s name!
This has been the year of baby pygmy hippos thanks to social media. Now, we thought the babies were done arriving for the ...
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Virginia zoo welcomes pygmy hippopotamus
RICHMOND, Va. — A female pygmy hippopotamus ... She was also the second calf to be born in December, according to the zoo. “Most people don’t get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so ...
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Richmond Zoo's baby pygmy hippo needs a name
Richmond got a hippopotamus for Christmas — and you can now go visit her. The big picture: The unnamed baby pygmy hippo was ...
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8News gets first up close look at Richmond’s new baby Pygmy hippo
The Metro Richmond Zoo said 52,794 people cast their votes to name their new baby Pygmy hippo. But none of the four options — Poppy, Juniper, Hammie Mae and Omi — got over 50% of the ...
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Poppy or Hammie Mae? Zoo's baby pygmy hippo steals hearts of Richmonders as naming poll continues
Whether they voted to name her Hammie Mae or Poppy, most visitors CBS 6 spoke with at the Metro Richmond Zoo agreed the new ... "A lot of people are always saying she's really cute, and she's ...