The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia has announced the addition of a baby pygmy hippopotamus, born on Dec. 9. Five days after birth, the yet-to-be-named baby pygmy weighed about 15 pounds, according to ...

Poppy, a pygmy hippo, was born at Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia on Dec. 9. Her name was selected by online voters.

The pygmy hippo parents, Iris and Corwin ... Iris and the baby were later moved to a "cozy, hay-bedded enclosure exhibit," the release stated. "This gives mom and baby privacy while they bond.

Though most common hippos give birth in water, pygmy hippos also can give birth ... The mother-daughter duo returned to their public exhibit, after a month of private bonding, on Jan. 3, according ...