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.
Baby fiona the hippo.
Fiona the hippo was bornsix weeks early on jan.
Meet fiona a baby hippopotamus that was born 6 weeks premature at the cincinnati zoo.
It s hard to believe that baby hippo fiona born 6 weeks premature is celebrating her first birthday.
The hilarious footage shot on a mobile phone.
She weighs only 29 lbs half the weight of a normal baby hippo causing the zoo to worry that the calf may not survive.
And it s easy to see why.
Fiona was due in march but arrived.
Fiona is a hippopotamus born at the cincinnati zoo and botanical garden in cincinnati ohio united states on january 24 2017.
She is the smallest hippo ever to survive.
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Fiona is born two months premature.
Follow the remarkable story that has lead her to become an international phenomenon.
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.
If you haven t yet heard of fiona the hippo you might be the only one.
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