Huckleberry, Greensboro’s pygmy hippo, turning 2; ‘80% adorable, 20% mischief’

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — One of Greensboro’s cutest animal residents is having a birthday!

Huckleberry, the pygmy hippo who lives with her mother Holly and father Ralph at the Greensboro Science Center, will turn 2 years old on May 24.

The little hippo captured hearts locally when she was born in 2023, but 2024 saw a huge spike in the global awareness of pygmy hippos after the viral celebrity of Moo Deng in Thailand. After Moo, there came Scotland’s Haggis and Virginia’s Poppy, among others…

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