The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo announced their own tiny pygmy hippo, named Haggis, was born Oct. 30 ...

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As news spread of Haggis’s birth, many began drawing comparisons to Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo living some 6,000 miles away in ...

The Edinburgh Zoo launched a cuteness contest between Haggis, its newborn pygmy hippo, and Moo Deng, the adorable mini ...

HOUSTON — Move over, Moo Deng, there's a new pygmy hippo in town. The Houston Zoo welcomed Akobi recently and he's been getting acquainted with the new home he shares with the bongos.

There are several key differences between the pygmy hippo and the common, most notably their size. The pygmy hippo is much smaller, weighing between 400 to 600 pounds and standing about 3 to 5 ...

The glass viewing wall allows visitors to get an extraordinary glimpse of the pygmy hippos in action. According to Mammals Curator Florian Sick, it’s a rare opportunity to observe these ...

jokingly threw shade at a certain popular baby pygmy hippo, with a blog post introducing their animal saying, “Moo Deng, who?” The adorable hippo, named Akobi, weighs 477 pounds and was moved ...

"I knew the world’s most beloved pygmy hippo had to be my costume this year," Johnson tells PEOPLE of the inspiration for her Halloween look. She said she and McGillicuddy had to get creative ...

Few animals have taken the internet by storm quite like Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo at Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo, who has won a legion of online followers and inspired thousands of memes ...

WATCH: NJ Surfers rush to rescue fallen fisherman The zoo said it has Moo Deng, Thailand’s famous baby pygmy hippo, to thank for visitor’s familiarity with the species. Akobi was born in a San ...