{"id":100599,"date":"2026-09-23T10:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/virginia-zoo-welcomes-rare-hippopotamus-for-christmas\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T10:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:39:21","slug":"virginia-zoo-welcomes-rare-hippopotamus-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/virginia-zoo-welcomes-rare-hippopotamus-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia zoo welcomes rare hippopotamus for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Christmas came early for the Metro Richmond Zoo because, like the song, the organization did indeed get a hippopotamus. And it was a rare one: A pygmy hippo.<\/p>\n<p>Pygmy hippo parents Iris and Corwin gave birth to a female calf on Dec. 6, the <a href=\"https:\/\/metrorichmondzoo.com\/baby-pygmy-hippo-born-december-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zoo announced last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/12\/26\/30527904-a037-4b0c-8f82-f68166e3b874\/thumbnail\/620x348\/e228b70555445103355621b46eaae405\/hippocalf4.jpg#\" alt=\"hippocalf4.jpg \" height=\"348\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/12\/26\/30527904-a037-4b0c-8f82-f68166e3b874\/thumbnail\/620x348\/e228b70555445103355621b46eaae405\/hippocalf4.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/12\/26\/30527904-a037-4b0c-8f82-f68166e3b874\/thumbnail\/1240x696\/3d763f502fab0c8dc0fa4f4d63ebc08e\/hippocalf4.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The baby pygmy hippo weighed a healthy 16 pounds. One week later, she clocked in at 24.2 pounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Metro Richmond Zoo<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The pygmy hippo, which is native to West Africa, is listed as endangered, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Fewer than 2,500 adults are left in the wild, the organization estimates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At three days old, the unnamed calf weighed a healthy 16 pounds. A week later, she grew to weigh 24.2 pounds. 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