Richmond got a hippopotamus for Christmas — and you can now go visit her. The big picture: The unnamed baby pygmy hippo was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in December, and people are so obsessed ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo has announced the birth of a baby pygmy hippo just in time for the holidays. The zoo said the hippo is a happy and healthy baby girl and was born on Dec. 6, making her a ...

They grow up so fast. And so big. Hippos, that is. Poppy, a pygmy hippo born into the Metro Richmond Zoo in December, has taken her first steps outside. She’s now viewable to the public at the ...

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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — The Metro Richmond Zoo's internet-famous pygmy hippo baby, Poppy, has ventured outside just in time for spring. Visitors can now find Poppy and her mother, Iris ...

MOSELEY — Poppy the popular pygmy hippo made her debut in the outdoor Hippo Haven habitat at Metro Richmond Zoo. She and her mom Iris have been living in a climate-controlled indoor habitat ...

During the colder months, Poppy the pygmy hippo and her mother Iris stay in a climate-controlled indoor habitat, according to the Metro Richmond Zoo. But as spring approaches, March 28 marked the ...

After making waves nationally, Poppy the pygmy hippo has waddled back to the outdoors at the Metro Richmond Zoo. Poppy and her mother, Iris, have moved to the Hippo Haven habitat after living ...

Poppy the pygmy hippo, previously living in a climate-controlled environment, has made her debut in the outdoor Hippo Haven habitat at Metro Richmond Zoo. The nearly four-month-old Poppy, weighing ...