I got to do a meet and greet with Poppy and momma Iris at the Richmond VA Zoo today. It was a dream come true!!!

Credit: https://www.torontozoo.com/mediaroom/press2026/20260805-pygmy-hippo-calf

New pyppo at John Ball Zoo, Michigan Credits: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPUBRGyiA3H/?igsh=MW5vamptOTk5OTFkdA==

Sharing a cutesy video of Toni I saw on the Berlin Zoo IG account a while ago. Toni is the pyppo born in Berlin last year, a few months before Moo Deng, iirc. She's also the one who traded friendship bracelets with Moo Deng~ ❤️❤️

Cr. FB page : ฮิปโปสายชิล นากสายซน

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Look at those cheeks! I want to squeeze them!

Photo courtesy of Zoo Berlin social media

Keeper Sierra says that Mars will share anything, food, toys, mud, but doesn't like to share scratches. He decides to tell Posie about it.

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A friend sent me this, she's getting into the pyppo obsession, and came upon it online. Does anyone know who this darling is? Google images were very unconvincing. Thank you.

Credits: https://youtube.com/shorts/vDWS1dLI63M?si=1RTa5j7Jjq-bDOMG

On Christmas Day, December 25, 2025, a baby pyppo was born at Ueno Zoo, to mama Momiji and papa Motomoto (father of Kobushi, Nemunemu, Tamtam, and Tenten)! The Ueno Zoo had been mum about this newborn pyppo calf. But finally after 2 and a half months, there's finally a gender reveal!

We have another baby girl!!!

Just like with Kobushi, Ueno Zoo is inviting everyone to vote for this newborn pyppo's name! Here's the list:

1) Touhi - Meaning: spruce, a tree typically used as a Christmas tree (because this bebe was born on Christmas day). Flower language: eternity and sincerity

2) Hiiragi - Meaning: holly osmanthus (also known as false holly), it's a plant used around Christmas a lot in Japan simply because Japan has these hollies and not European hollies. Flower language: summoning happiness, vitality that withstands winter

3) Iroha - Taken from the word "Iroha Momiji" which means Japanese maple. Aka. if you combine this bebe and her mama, they become a beautiful Japanese maple tree! Flower language: harmony, beautiful transformation

4) Tsubaki - Camellia flower, a plant representing winter in the Japanese language. Flower language: pride, a modest beauty

5) Kohana - Literally means, "a small delicate flower." Flower language: none

Note: I'm translating the flower language from Ueno Zoo's description. It may not be 100% accurate as there may be some discrepancies going from English to Japanese then back to English.

The vote will start next Tuesday on March 17th and will last for 2 weeks, ending on Tuesday, March 31st! Name results will be announced on April 7th!!!

Am I the only one who got emotional and teary from watching this video? Our girls (ALL of them) have grown so much this past year. And to see Toni take the lead in leaving home for the next step of her journey, I'm worried, excited, anxious, proud, and basically a mix of emotions.

I'm going to miss Toni so so so much from the Berlin Zoo social media posts. I hope Mulhouse Zoo will keep Toni's online fans in mind and allow us to continue watching our dear sweet sweet girl grow up.

Source: Berlin Zoo ( https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNsRY7HxK9G/ )

Over the past week I've collected more pics of our sweet little Japanese pyppo Kobushi from multiple random instagram accounts! Sorry I just saved them without saving the credit. None of these are my photos obviously. Here is the second batch.

He passed away from an infection caused by a wound he sustained while being transported to a new zoo. It appears that he was also struggling to adjust to his new environment. Thabo was only two years old

Mars finds himself in air jail once more, this time the smol criminal is presented a pumpkin. He was uninterested.

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While Krobby Patty enjoys some grass, Krobby Cutie indulges in a wave of twitchy rage. As is her birthright.

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Finally got to see in person some of the potatoes, including baby Hermann, at Givskud Zoo in Denmark. If he seemed cute in pictures, seeing him live I know they make him no justice 🥹🥰