Photograph shows Whipsnade Zoo's pygmy hippopotamus Senta with her baby

Photograph titled 'A rather small hippopotamus' Photograph titled 'A rather small hippopotamus'

Photograph titled 'A rather small hippopotamus'
Daily Herald Archive/Science Museum Group
© Mirrorpix

Photograph titled 'A rather small hippopotamus'
Daily Herald Archive/Science Museum Group
© Mirrorpix

Photograph titled 'A rather small hippopotamus'. Caption on back reads: Snuggled up to 500 pounds of maternity is the new pygmy hippopotaus at Bedford Zoo in Bedfordshire. Mother is six-year-old Senta. The youngster, as yet of undetermined sex and consequently unnamed, has blossomed from a spindly four pounds to 16 pounds since its birth on November 16 last year and was making its picture debut today, February 20.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/30053
Materials:
ink and paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 208 mm x 255 mm
type:
photograph
credit:
Daily Herald Archive at National Science and Media Museum