🦛 Fiona
Nile hippopotamus · Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio
Lives in Hippo Cove
The original viral hippo, years before Moo Deng. Born 6 weeks premature at 29 lbs in 2017, given 1% odds, hand-raised into a 2,400-lb diva. Presses her snout flat on the underwater glass and wiggles her ears at you.
What they do
Squishes her snout against the viewing glass and wiggles her ears.
Sassy diva princess who beat the odds and knows she's the main character.
Lore
- ★Photobombed a couple's engagement photo in 2018
- ★First premature hippo ever hand-raised - the 'Fiona effect' still moves millions of views
- ★Shares a zoo with Harambe's memory - tragedy and redemption in one place
Helping the real one
💛 Support Fiona via Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical GardenFully direct - she lives there This opens their own official page. Money never touches this site.
Where this comes from
- CBS News (AP) Cincinnati Zoo's Fiona turning 2, born at 29 pounds ↗
- WCPO Cincinnati The Fiona story: how our darling beat the odds ↗
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