Photograph shows a zookeeper bottle-feeding a baby pygmy hippo

Photograph titled 'Bottle-fed hippo Photograph titled 'Bottle-fed hippo

Photograph titled 'Bottle-fed hippo
Daily Herald Archive/Science Museum Group
© Mirrorpix

Photograph titled 'Bottle-fed hippo
Daily Herald Archive/Science Museum Group
© Mirrorpix

Photograph titled 'Bottle-fed hippo.' Caption on back reads: If the keeper would let her, Skippy would drink enough milk - straight from the bottle - to feed a dozen babies. For she is a baby pygmy hippopotamus from Liberia, now a resident of the zoo in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Although an attractive and friendly infant, Skippy can look forward to being a leading heavyweight contender among animals. Her keepers say that eventually she will weigh 500 pounds or so.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/30052
Materials:
ink and paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 200 mm x 165 mm
type:
photograph
credit:
Daily Herald Archive at National Science and Media Museum