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ArticleBody:Meet Haggis! The tiny pygmy hippo calf was born at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo on October 30. The zoo’s adult pygmy hippos Otto and Glorida are the proud parents of this bouncing baby girl. While Thailand’s internet sensation Moo Deng is known for her feistiness and knee-biting, zookeepers are just starting to see Haggis’ character emerge.
To help animals adjust to climates that are not their own, zookeepers will closely monitor their behavior, provide access to cooling or warming stations, and make sure there is enough environmental enrichment like trees, toys, or climbing structures in the enclosure. Are they endangered? Pygmy hippos are listed as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature . Only an estimated 2,500 remain in the wild due to habitat loss from logging, minding, and other human activities.
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