GERMANY: German zoo introduces two-week-old baby hippo, the first born in Berlin in several years

Record ID: 598596

  • Title: GERMANY: German zoo introduces two-week-old baby hippo, the first born in Berlin in several years
  • Date: 17th December 2008
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (DECEMBER 16, 2008) (REUTERS) HIPPO STATUE VARIOUS UNDERWATER SHOTS OF BABY HIPPO BORN ON NOVEMBER 29, 2008 AT BERLIN ZOO WITH ITS MOTHER "KATHI" VARIOUS OF BABY HIPPO (SOUNDBITE) (German) RAGNAR KUEHNE, BERLIN ZOO SPOKESMAN, SAYING: "That the baby hippo already weighs 40 kilograms. BABY HIPPO WITH MOTHER (SOUNDBITE) (German) RAGNAR KUEHNE, BERLIN ZOO SPOKESMAN, SAYING: VARIOUS UNDERWATER SHOTS OF BABY HIPPO (SOUNDBITE) (German) RAGNAR KUEHNE, BERLIN ZOO SPOKESMAN, SAYING: VARIOUS BABY HIPPO WITH MOTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PICTURES
  • Embargoed: 1st January 2009 12:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Environment / Natural World,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVA6105GC0IE0SOAB7RJNDZ2LMOD
  • Story Text: German zoo introduces two-week-old baby hippo, the first born in Berlin in several years.
    A German zoo has introduced a two and a half-week old baby hippo to a wider audience on Tuesday (December 16) and said that it already weighed 40 kilograms.
    The small hippo, which yet has to be named, has until now spent time only with its mother, away from the other hippos kept at Berlin zoo.
    33-year-old hippo mom "Kathi" gave birth to her second baby on November 29, the first time in four years that a hippo gave birth in Berlin.
    Hippos, which have their natural habitats in Africa only, were added to the Red List of endangered species in 2006, according to Berlin zoo.
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