VietNamNet Bridge – A 25kg baby hippopotamus was born at Dai Nam Park in the southern province of Binh Duong on July 3, reported the park’s director Duong Thanh Phi.

The little hippopotamus, whose sex has not been defined yet, is the baby of a couple of hippopotamus bought from Israel over three years ago. The couple had the baby naturally.
The baby hippopotamus can now swim and suck its mother’s breast.

In the three years while living in Vietnam in a cage of over 200sq.m at Dai Nam park, the hippopotamus couple, which cost Eur17,000 each, have developed very well.

The female hippopotamus is over 1.5 tons and the male hippopotamus is around 2 tons in weight. Their food is elephant grass, which is available in Vietnam.



Hippopotamus is listed as a highly endangered species in the world.

Dai Nam Park has successfully multipled 14 species of rare animals, such as Indochina tiger, South Africa squirrel monkey, blue wildebeest, etc.

A white lion and a white tiger at the park are pregnant and will give birth this July.

Compiled by Le Ha