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Pygmy hippos tend to ignore each other rather than fight when they meet. Field studies have estimated that male pygmy hippos range over 1.85 km 2 (460 acres), while the range of a female is 0.4 to 0.6 km 2 (100–150 acres). [8] Two dive in water at Singapore Zoo, Singapore. Pygmy hippos spend most of the day hidden in rivers.
In 2021, John Ball Zoo announced that a new habitat at the entrance of the zoo was in the process of being built for pygmy hippos, the exhibit will also be home to a pair of white storks. The exhibit is planned to open in 2023. In 2022, John Ball Zoo hosted two male koalas from the San Diego Zoo Global Education and Conservation Project. After ...
Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo who stole hearts around the globe this year, has gained a high-profile supporter: Canadian cryptocurrency magnate Vitalik Buterin. Buterin, the co-founder of ...
An adult pygmy hippo can live up to 50 years and can grow to about half the height of a full-sized hippo. In the wild, their diet mainly consists of grass, leaves, shoots, and fallen fruits. Show ...
The pygmy hippo, native to wet areas in West Africa, was declared an endangered species in 1993, when an estimated 2,000-2,500 individuals made up the species' population, according to Pygmy Hippo ...
The exhibit currently houses a troop of eight western lowland gorillas, and a pygmy hippopotamus. Inside the circular Gorilla Sanctuary, visitors are separated only by glass and can get nose-to-nose with the gorillas. Several different outdoor vantage points are available from which to see the gorillas playing and relaxing. [10]
Fewer than 2,500 mature pygmy hippos remain in the wild, according to the zoo. The species is native to the swamps and rivers of West Africa, where it's threatened by poaching and loss of habitat.
In November 24, 2020, a new male pygmy hippopotamus named Silas first arrived to the Houston Zoo from the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. Silas died due to an illness on October 10, 2022. [ 7 ] In November 2024, a pygmy hippo named Akobi arrived from the San Francisco Zoo as part of the breeding recommendation from the AZA.