Baby Fiona The Hippo

It s hard to believe that baby hippo fiona born 6 weeks premature is celebrating her first birthday.

Baby fiona the hippo.

Fionamania as the new york times recently branded it has swept the nation. We hope you have enjoyed our daily teamfiona updates. Fiona was due in march but arrived. The hilarious footage shot on a mobile phone.

If you haven t yet heard of fiona the hippo you might be the only one. Weekly episodes will be posted on the fiona show facebook page or you can watch them below. She weighs only 29 lbs half the weight of a normal baby hippo causing the zoo to worry that the calf may not survive. She is the smallest hippo ever to survive.

Follow the remarkable story that has lead her to become an international phenomenon. And it s easy to see why. Meet fiona a baby hippopotamus that was born 6 weeks premature at the cincinnati zoo. Fiona the hippo was bornsix weeks early on jan.

Fiona is a hippopotamus born at the cincinnati zoo and botanical garden in cincinnati ohio united states on january 24 2017. This is the moment three year old baby hippo fiona breaches the water like a whale nine times as mother bibi watches from the bottom of the pool. The first nile hippo imaged on ultrasound pre natally and the first born at the zoo in 75 years she was born prematurely and cared for with the assistance of the cincinnati children s hospital.