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3
Mar
2011
11:15am, EST
A baby pygmy hippopotamus named Oliver
Parken Zoo / Reuters
A baby pygmy hippopotamus named Oliver sits next to his mother, Krakunia, after he was born at Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna, Sweden in this handout photo taken Feb. 15, and released Thursday, Mar. 3.

By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com
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Sweden's Parken Zoo is celebrating their baby hippo, Oliver, after zoo keepers managed to milk the mother hippo to save Oliver's life.
3 comments
All zoos are an abomination! No one should take children to see captive animals suffer, and simply for pleasure.
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9
Nov
2010
8:51pm, EST
Reuters
A keeper brushes a hippo's teeth at the Shanghai Zoo. The hippo has its teeth cleaned three times a week to reduce the chance of mouth diseases.
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By James Cheng
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What teeth? It looks like they ground all Hippos teeth down to about nothing. Wonder if they used Novocaine. What is up with that? I know, zoo safety policy, right.
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