One of the world’s most dangerous animals due to their aggressive and unpredictable nature, these semi aquatic mammals are in fact, one of my...
Review of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden https://cincinnatizoo.org With its Zoological Society being founded in 1873, followed by an 1875...
Photo from a neglected display case, likely featuring hippo sisters Habey and Hazina (Date unknown).
Photo from a neglected display case, featuring one of the zoo's two hippos playing with a large ball (Date unknown).
One of two Hippos kept at EPZ. November 20th 2022.
This thread is for posting your ideas for mixed species exhibits. They should be realistic but don't have to exist currently.
Do note that this image was taken on October 22nd, 2022, at ZooTampa at Lowry Park, in Tampa, Florida, USA.
I grew up watching Mama Petite and Tadpole, Birmingham Zoo's last common hippos. Mama passed in 2007 and Tadpole last year. I have found...
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), in the Hippo Cove, Africa, June 18
To start off: the zoo reopened two weeks ago as the state-mandated COVID-19 lockdown in California was rolled back. Fresno Chaffee Zoo reopens...
Hippopotamus amphibius. Housing (shared with Pygmy hippopotamus) and partial view of paddocks. Adult male 'Hoover' just visible at top of...
Hippopotamus amphibius. Housing (left, shared with Pygmy hippopotamus) and paddocks. Adult male 'Hoover' just visible at top of left-hand paddock....
Hippopotamus amphibius. Male 'Hoover' (19 yrs).
Hippopotamus amphibius. Female 'Lola' (16 yrs) with three-year old son 'Hodor'.
Photo taken April 21
Taken August 10 2018
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