Virginia, hippopotamus and Metro Richmond Zoo

Richmond Zoo's baby pygmy hippo needs a name
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 with her that a poll to name her got 52,
Virginia zoo gets its own Moo Deng and launches poll to name baby pygmy hippo
Step aside Moo Deng, there’s a new pygmy hippopotamus in town. Earlier this month, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, welcomed a baby female pygmy hippo calf whose name will be decided by the public.
Step aside, Moo Deng: Watch this baby pygmy hippo born in Virginia just before Christmas
Watch out, Moo Deng. A new baby hippo has made a holiday entrance and she is soaking up the social media spotlight. The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia has announced the addition of a baby pygmy hippopotamus,
Move Over Moo Deng: Virginia Zoo Welcomes Newborn Hippo
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses, the Internet only likes hippopotamuseses and its wish came true in early December when Virginia's Metro Richmond Zoo welcomed a newborn pygmy hippo.
‘Precious’ pygmy hippo warms hearts at Virginia zoo. See ‘adorable’ Moo Deng lookalike
Staff at the Metro Richmond Zoo announced the newest addition to their pygmy hippo family Dec. 24, nearly three weeks after the baby girl was born. She’s the third baby born to pygmy hippopotamus pair Iris and Corwin in four and a half years, zookeepers said.
Virginia zoo seeks a name for newborn pygmy hippo
The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is asking for the public's help to choose a name for its newborn pygmy hippo.
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Moo Deng’s zoo habitat set for makeover after donation from crypto billionaire
Moo Deng’s habitat is in for a makeover thanks to a crypto billionaire’s donation (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press.
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Moo Deng’s zoo enclosure getting an upgrade — thanks to a secretive crypto billionaire’s big donation
Moo Deng, the baby hippo who captivated the world this year, now has a billionaire benefactor. Canadian cryptocurrency mogul Vitalik Buterin donated more than $290,000 to her zoo in Thailand so ...
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‘Adorable’ Baby Pygmy Hippo Needs A Name, Zoo Says
Otherwise, the zoo will announce the winner on New Year’s Day. If “Hammie Mae” comes out on top, the hippo will be in good company with other food-themed pygmy hippo names. Moo Deng ...
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Meet Moo Deng (the restaurant) in the Alamo City
The simply named “Moo Deng Thai Restaurant” is in the 800 block of Fredericksburg Road in Beacon Hill. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format ...
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Vitalik Buterin adopts Moo Deng with 88 ETH zoo donation
Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, the world’s second-largest blockchain network, became the adoptive father of Moo Deng, Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo announced in a Dec. 26 X post ...