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May 18, 2008

Hippos: When Harry met Primrose

An encounter arranged last winter between a hippopotamus named Primrose and another named Harry at the Werribee Open Range Zoo in Melbourne, Australia, resulted in "Muddy," as she has been temporarily named.

The five-week-old hippopotamus calf, seen her following her mother, has tripled in size since her birth. The gestation period for the hippo is about 8 months.

Zoo officials report the calf is strong and healthy, and that a permanent name will be chosen through a contest.

(Photo by William West/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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