A newborn baby pygmy hippo from Rotterdam’s Blijdorp Zoo, is no bigger than a head of lettuce! The pygmy hippo grows to just over 3ft tall – just one fifth of the
size of the common hippopotamus and is the only other species of hippo
in the world. Reclusive and nocturnal, the mammals are semi-aquatic and
need to live near water to keep their skin moisturized and their bodies
cool.
