Baby Fiona Hippo Born

Travelers from as far away as australia germany brazil and japan are visiting cincinnati ohio where a baby hippo named fiona has become an internet sensation.

Baby fiona hippo born.

The zoo s veterinary and neonatal teams stayed with fiona around the. 24 six weeks early the calf was 29 pounds well below the normal birth weight of 55 pounds to 120 pounds. Fiona is a hippopotamus born at the cincinnati zoo and botanical garden in cincinnati ohio united states on january 24 2017. Nursing baby fiona fiona the hippo was bornsix weeks early on jan.

Fiona was born six weeks early and weighed only 29 pounds about 25 pounds lighter than the lowest recorded birth weight for hippos leaving keepers worried that she may not survive. The first nile hippo born there in 75 years was unable to stand or to nurse so. When she was first born six weeks premature last january at the cincinnati zoo her keepers weren t sure she would make it. Fiona was due in march but arrived.

The first nile hippo imaged on ultrasound pre natally and the first born at the zoo in 75 years she was born prematurely and cared for with the assistance of the cincinnati children s hospital. 24 2017 and since then the cincinnati zoo has chronicled her journey to health on their social media feeds and in a special. She weighs only 29 lbs half the weight of a normal baby hippo causing the zoo to worry that the calf may not survive.