Baby Fiona The Hippo

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Baby fiona the hippo.

24 2017 and since then the cincinnati zoo has chronicled her journey to health on their social media feeds and in a special blogdedicated to the. This is the moment three year old baby hippo fiona breaches the water like a whale nine times as mother bibi watches from the bottom of the pool. Meet fiona a baby hippopotamus that was born 6 weeks premature at the cincinnati zoo. She is the smallest hippo ever to survive.

The hilarious footage shot on a mobile phone. We hope you have enjoyed our daily teamfiona updates. If you haven t yet heard of fiona the hippo you might be the only one. Travelers from as far away as australia germany brazil and japan are visiting cincinnati ohio where a baby hippo named fiona has become an internet sensation.

Fiona is a hippopotamus born at the cincinnati zoo and botanical garden in cincinnati ohio united states on january 24 2017. Follow the remarkable story that has lead her to become an international phenomenon. And it s easy to see why. Fionamania as the new york times recently branded it has swept the nation.

The first nile hippo imaged on ultrasound pre natally and the first born at the zoo in 75 years she was born prematurely and cared for with the assistance of the cincinnati children s hospital. She weighs only 29 lbs half the weight of a normal baby hippo causing the zoo to worry that the calf may not survive. Fiona is born two months premature.