Dallas Zoo Hippo Baby Makes Public Habitat Debut

By Annie Gimbel, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

December 6, 2022

The Dallas Zoo's new hippo calf and mom Boipelo are making their habitat debut to the public today, Dec. 6.

Their handlers will also announce the baby's gender and name at the same time.

Boipelo and her calf have explored the Simmons Hippo Outpost a few times in the last few weeks, in preparation for their first public appearance. For each outing – the zoo was closed to the public – mom kept a close eye on baby, and Boipelo definitely preferred to keep the calf with her and spend time on the sandy beach. But baby has already ventured into the 120,000-gallon pool to explore and swim over near the viewing window -- cute!

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