The Metro Richmond Zoo has a brand-new member -- and you can help decide her name. On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia.

The Metro Richmond Zoo has a brand-new member -- and you can help decide her name. On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia.

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Move over, Moo Deng. A Virginia zoo got a hippopotamus for Christmas because only a hippopotamus would do. A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December ...

Zoo in Virginia welcomes newborn pygmy hippopotamus calf The Metro Richmond Zoo's newest addition was born Dec. 9 to parents Iris and Corwin. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!

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(Photo courtesy of the Virginia Zoo) Security will also stay at the zoo 24 hours a day to monitor the animals and their habitats and backup generators are in place, just in case.

The Virginia Zoo put the rumors to rest, joking that the sightings were likely the facility's mascot, "ZooSquatch." "We heard talk of an escaped gorilla, but we think it may have just been ...

On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. Now, you can vote to help decide her name.