The 1-year-old hippo is 'trying out everything, every which way' as he makes himself at home at the zoo.
There's a new member of the Pittsburgh Zoo family – an adorable baby pygmy hippopotamus named Hadari. on Wednesday, coming from Alabama's Montgomery Zoo. And he's already making himself at home in the zoo's Jungle Odyssey area.
"Hadari is trying out everything, every which way," the zoo's curator of mammals Kelsey Forbes said."He is super rambunctious, loves exploring, and is a confident hippo." In a press release, the Pittsburgh Zoo said that Hadari seems to be enjoying his time so far and that they are making sure to give him his favorite foods – green beans, cooked carrots and oranges. according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which monitors species around the world. In the wild, pygmy hippos are found in just four countries in West Africa, according to the IUCN.
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