Overview
- Panya, born on November 26, was presented to the public for the first time on Monday and will be shown only in short windows.
- The calf weighs about 12 kilograms, nearly double his roughly 6-kilogram birth weight, according to the zoo.
- Keepers report he is learning to swim in shallow and deeper water, which is demanding for young hippos that cannot yet walk along the bottom.
- Sightings are not guaranteed because the calf and his mother, Ayoka, still spend long periods resting in the indoor stall.
- With only two pygmy hippo births recorded in Europe over the past year and about 2,000 remaining in the wild, Duisburg’s herd is managed under the EEP and a larger enclosure is already under construction.