Archive for October, 2008

Hippo Halloween!

A 65-pound bundle of hippo joy has been delivered to the Zoo of Northwest Florida. Named Kayin, which is Swahili for ‘long-awaited child,’ the calf was born at the zoo on October 3rd. The baby is healthy but has not yet been identified as a girl or a boy as zookeepers have been unable to [...]

The Milwaukee County Zoo will soon have a new hippo exhibit featuring a large, glassed-in aquarium that is expected to cost up to $12 million, completely funded by the Dohmen Family Foundation. Zoogoers will be able to watch hippos swimming from just inches away in the new underwater viewing exhibit.
The current exhibit houses two [...]

I love the hippo in this video. I had no idea hippos would roll upside down in the water!