Votes are in: Meet Poppy, the newly named pygmy hippo at Metro Richmond Zoo
MOSLEY, Va. — The votes have been tabulated, and the baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo has been named. “Poppy” was the winner in voting from more than 116,000 ballots, the zoo said in a news release on Monday. The female hippo garnered 52.8% of the votes, which came from hippo lovers across 165 countries.
Poppy the pygmy hippo calf recently got her first taste of swimming. The baby was born at Virginia's Metro Richmond Zoo, in ...
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A Virginia Zoo Now Has Its Own Moo Deng—See the ‘Adorable’ Baby Pygmy Hippo Born in DecemberThe young female made her public debut this week, and the Metro Richmond Zoo is asking fans to vote on her name—a choice ...
On Dec. 24., the Metro Richmond Zoo in Mosley, Va., announced on its website that it welcomed a baby pygmy hippo just two weeks before Christmas. The baby, a girl, was born on Dec. 9 to parents ...
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'People's Choice:' Baby Hippo That Took Social Media By Storm Gets Name After Heated VoteWhat's in a name? After a spirited global contest, the people have spoken: Richmond Metro Zoo’s baby pygmy hippo now has a ...
Metro Richmond Zoo recently celebrated the birth of a pygmy hippo and held an online naming contest that drew more than ...
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