The first hippopotamus to be born at Flamingo Land in over twenty years took place as the skies were lit up by the Northern Lights - watch video above.
The calf had a dramatic start to life, however. She was named Aurora as she was born the same week as the Northern Lights were visible in the UK. Her keepers and the veterinary team were not certain if Aurora, a female calf weighing nearly 50 kilograms, was being fed by her mother, Godzilla. The zoo’s vet, Lisa Sedlaczek, said: “After three days the calf was found very cold and the team immediately went to work warming the calf and providing fluids with glucose.
The calf is starting to be bottle fed by the team and is growing every day, both in size and confidence.” The above video shows the adorable Aurora being fed by a zookeeper. She also is the first successful calf born in the UK for seven years. The three week old calf represents a vital birth in the European population after the zoo breeding programme identified Godzilla as the most important female in Europe.
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