Baby Fiona The Hippo

Fionamania as the new york times recently branded it has swept the nation.

Baby fiona the hippo.

It s hard to believe that baby hippo fiona born 6 weeks premature is celebrating her first birthday. The hilarious footage shot on a mobile phone. Fiona the hippo was bornsix weeks early on jan. Travelers from as far away as australia germany brazil and japan are visiting cincinnati ohio where a baby hippo named fiona has become an internet sensation.

And it s easy to see why. She weighs only 29 lbs half the weight of a normal baby hippo causing the zoo to worry that the calf may not survive. Fiona was due in march but arrived. 24 2017 and since then the cincinnati zoo has chronicled her journey to health on their social media feeds and in a special blogdedicated to the.

Fiona is born two months premature. 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. 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. She is the smallest hippo ever to survive.

Follow the remarkable story that has lead her to become an international phenomenon. 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.