Hip hip hooray

The pygmy hippo is doing fine. Not fine exactly as their numbers and their habitat are dwindling faster than you can say Jack Robinson, but much finer than we thought. The Zoological Society of London went to civil-war-torn Liberia to see just how badly the little hippos were doing, and found they were actually doing alright. They’re still threatened by bushmeat hunting and deforestation, but there are a few thousand of them left. That’s not many at all, but considering ZSL weren’t at all sure they’d find any, that’s relatively good news. Within days of arriving, they managed to take the above photo of a minature hippo. The subject of said photo looks healthy and hearty, and none too impressed at having his picture taken…

(PHOTO: ZSL)