Colorado Zoo Welcomes First Baby Hippo in 32 Years

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The calf — whose sex, vitals and name are yet to be announced — is the first hippo born at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in 32 years. Staff estimates the animal weighs between 40 and 80 lbs., typical of a newborn, and they plan to name it on its 1-month birthday.

Nile hipposare currently listedas “vulnerable” to extinction in the wild, so the birth is extra meaningful to the species.

source: people.com