Wednesday night around 10 p.m. Bibi gave birth to a healthy full-term hippo, the zoo said in a press release. The newborn's gender has not been revealed.
Zoo officials said the new baby looks huge compared to Bibbi's other hippo, Fiona.
“Bibi and the baby, yet to be named, will spend the next two weeks bonding behind the scenes,” said Gorsuch. “A female would take her newborn away from the bloat for about that amount of time in the wild, and we try to give Bibi the choice to do what feels natural to her.”
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