Max and Phyllis, the Pygmy Hippos (Hexaprotodon liberiensis) at Chester Zoo in 1975. This enclosure was the outside accommodation for the hippos who also had an indoor area underneath the Nocturnal House. This site now houses the capuchin monkeys.
Max and Phyllis, the Pygmy Hippos (Hexaprotodon liberiensis) at Chester Zoo in 1975. This enclosure was the outside accommodation for the hippos who also had an indoor area underneath the Nocturnal House. This site now houses the capuchin monkeys.
I prefer the old days, but there are so many idiotic zoo visitors nowadays who would try to put their hands in the hippos mouths and generally behave extrememly strupidly.
Take another look at my picture of the pygmy hippo enclosure at Jihlava Zoo (and partly, Dvur Kralove); the current setting is pretty much the same as the one depicted here. So if you want to get close to pygmy hippos as a visitor-come to the Czech Republic!
