By Shreya Dasgupta A zoo in the U.S. state of Kansas has welcomed the birth of a healthy baby pygmy hippopotamus, raising hope for a species that’s becoming rare in the wild. The yet-to-be-named male ...

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The 7-year-old female pygmy hippo arrived at John Ball Zoo in the summer of 2023 from the Toronto Zoo in Canada.

Posie and Pluto welcomed a healthy baby boy weighing in at 13 pounds. Tanganyika says that Posie is already proving to be a great mother.