Metro Richmond Zoo launched "Poppy Cam" on Jan. 13 — allowing fans from around the world to watch the baby pygmy hippo splash around in her pool ...

She was the second baby to be born around Christmas. Though standard-size hippopotamuses usually give birth underwater, pygmy hippos can give birth in water or on land. A grown pygmy hippopotamus can ...

Pygmy hippos have webbed feet to aid their semi-aquatic lifestyle. Adult hippos can hold their breath underwater for 10 to 15 minutes. “Iris and her baby have a delightful morning routine.

The Metro Richmond Zoo has launched the Poppy Cam, a new livestream of its baby pygmy hippo Poppy and her mother, Iris.

Metro Richmond Zoo “If the water appears dirty, the hippos recently pooped, and the filters are working hard to clean it,” wrote the zoo. “Whether she’s swimming or nursing underwater ...

This birth was also the first time that Iris gave birth underwater. Common hippos typically give birth underwater, but their smaller relatives the pygmy hippo are born on land or in water.

“While common hippos usually give birth underwater, pygmy hippo calves can be born on land or in water.” Pygmy hippos, known formally as Choeropsis liberiensis, are much smaller than a ...

Common hippos usually give birth underwater, while pygmy hippo calves can be born on land or in water. The baby hippo arrived around 4:50 p.m., while Iris was laboring in the indoor pool ...