On Dec. 24, 1953, a 700-pound "baby" lumbered from her moving crate into the awaiting water at Oklahoma City's Lincoln Park Zoo. "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" had reached No. 24 on the ...

“This birth was unique as it was the first time Iris gave birth in water,” the zoo said. “While common hippos usually give birth underwater, pygmy hippo calves can be born on land or in water.

LaQuincey Reed sits next to a hippo statue at his studio in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, December 18, 2024. The OKC Zoo is planning to put its ties with the classic Christmas song “I Want a Hippopo ...

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 Metro Richmond Zoo There's another baby pygmy ...