Baby Hippo Born At Cheyenne Mountain Zoo In Colorado Springs

By Anica Padilla, CBS Denver:

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) — The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is celebrating the birth of a baby hippopotamus! It’s the first hippo born at the zoo in Colorado Springs in 32 years — and officials say mom and baby appear to be healthy and bonding well.

“With a final push, a little splash and some adorable baby hippo ear wiggles, 28-year-old Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Nile hippopotamus, Zambezi, welcomed her first calf,” zoo officials wrote on Facebook.

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