A BABY SEA LION learns to swim at the Pittsburgh Zoo.

Baby stands near its parent at a zoo in Jihlava, Czech Republic

The skull of a pygmy hippo has less pronounced orbits and nostrils than a common hippopotamus.

On the plateau of Kat, in eastern Crete, she found remains of the Cretan dwarf hippopotamus.

On the plateau of Kat, in eastern Crete, she found remains of the Cretan dwarf hippopotamus..

We now provide you with a unique opportunity to feed our giraffes, our colourful lorikeets and even our pygmy hippo, Athena.

We now provide you with a unique opportunity to feed our giraffes, our colourful lorikeets and even our pygmy hippos, Luna and Athena.

Though a pygmy hippo has never been observed burrowing, other artiodactyls, such as warthogs, are burrowers.[9]

Though a pygmy hippo has never been observed burrowing, other artiodactyls, such as warthogs, are burrowers.[7]

Though a pygmy hippo has never been observed burrowing, other artiodactyls, such as warthogs, are burrowers.

Though a pygmy hippo has never been observed burrowing, other artiodactyls, such as warthogs, are burrowers.[10]

The zoo’s sixth pygmy hippo, it is cute and healthy, but so far nameless.

[It is worth noting that until humans arrived there (probably less than 2000 yeas ago) Madagascar was home to a pigmy hippo.

The first pygmy hippo was brought to Europe in 1873 after being captured in Sierra Leone by a member of the British Colonial Service but died shortly after arrival.

Meet our baby pygmy hippo Penelope and baby gorilla Charlie in the African Rainforest before visiting one of the largest reptiles in the world, our Aldabra tortoises Rasputin, Queenie and Malila.

The pygmy hippo is one of Liberia’s standout mammals.