A public vote has opened to name the Metro Richmond Zoo's newborn female pygmy hippopotamus calf. The calf was born on Dec. 9, according to a Christmas Eve news release from the Virginia-based zoo.

WELL, JUST A FEW HOURS LEFT TO CAST AN IMPORTANT VOTE TODAY. THAT ISN’T THE ELECTION WE’RE TALKING ABOUT NAMING THE NEW BABY ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- There's a new pygmy hippo in town! The Houston Zoo announced Tuesday that it has welcomed a 450-pound male pygmy hippopotamus named Silas. The 2-and-a-half-year-old hippo ...

"Most people don't get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years," the Metro Richmond Zoo shared Metro Richmond Zoo Two pygmy hippos in Virginia ...

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When Gayla Peevey's catchy Christmas wish for a hippopotamus came true in 1953, she didn't need to test the lyrical theory that a two-car garage would have plenty of room to house her "hippo hero." ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City native Gayla Peevey has welcomed another hippopotamus to the city’s zoo, more than 60 years after her song about wanting one for Christmas helped the facility purchase ...

The word “genius” gets tossed around fairly indiscriminately in pop music circles. And yet it’s hard to think up a better activating force that allows brothers Ron and Russell Mael, the long-running ...

The OKC Zoo has announced the cancellation of a sing-along/meet and greet event with Gayla Peevey that was scheduled for ...

The Oklahoma City Zoo canceled its Christmas sing-along with “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” singer Gayla Peevey ...

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