Cincinnati Zoo welcomes new baby hippo to family | USA TODAY

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden welcomed a new baby hippo to their family.

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The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden announced that Bibi the hippo gave birth around 10 p.m. Wednesday to a healthy, full-term hippo baby.

The zoo has not yet revealed the name or gender of the calf but said it weighs at least twice as much as its older sister, Fiona, did at birth. The newborn is also already walking.

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  1. That literally elevates my spirits wow..seeing small hippo baby walking up to Moms nature and world. This is happening and good news too, congratulations hippi mom.

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