Watch a hippo, on land or in the water, and you’ll soon discover that this roly-poly is one of the world’s great characters. It is the most rotund land mammal and spends its daytime hours in lakes, pools, mudholes, or in the preferred moving waters of rivers. The name “hippopotamus” comes from a Greek word meaning “water horse” or “river horse.”

Lupe (short for Guadalupe!) is the newest river hippo to join the bloat with fellow hippo girlies, Funani and Amahle. The 24 year-old hippo from Woodland Park Zoo is loving her underwater world at Hippo Trail.

2024年10月11日 · The San Diego Zoo has welcomed a new hippopotamus named Lupe, who was recently relocated from the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington, as part of an effort to support her well-being...

2024年9月30日 · The San Diego Zoo has welcomed a new resident: Guadalupe, fondly called Lupe, a 24-year-old female hippopotamus from Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. Lupe is currently adjusting to her new environment before being introduced to her future companions at the zoo's recently renovated Hippo Trail habitat.

Hippos are well adapted for life in the water and are found in slow-moving rivers and lakes in Africa. With their eyes, ears, and nostrils on the top of the head, hippos can hear, see, and breathe while most of their body is underwater. At the Zoo’s Urban Jungle, guests can see female river hippo Funani and her female calf, born February 8, 2020.

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On February 8, 2020, under the light of a full moon, a baby hippo was born at the San Diego Zoo. She was named Amahle (ah-MA-shleh), which means "beautiful one" in Zulu, one of the languages spoken by people in South Africa. Hippos are found in many places on the continent of Africa, including the northeastern part of the country of South Africa.

Baby hippo at San Diego Zoo being helped to the surface to breathe by his mom. Mom got so exhausted chasing baby around that she held him in her jaw for 20 m...

2020年2月12日 · The San Diego Zoo’s longtime hippopotamus mama, Funani, has given birth to a healthy female calf — the ninth little one born to Funani since she arrived at the zoo in 1995. The roughly 70-pound...

Watch hippos live at the San Diego Zoo on this Hippo Cam.