ZSL Whipsnade Zoo Pygmy hippo takes his first swim

[stulch]

From the ZSL website (Wednesday 20 July 2011):-

...The hugely cute calf, is an important addition to the European Endangered Species Programme and for the conservation of this species worldwide.

Included on ZSL’s EDGE programme – a global conservation programme dedicated to threatened animal species which have unique evolutionary history – pygmy hippos are endangered and in the wild their numbers have dwindled to less than 3,000. ...

Pygmy hippo takes his first swim - News - ZSL Whipsnade Zoo - ZSL

 

[Bele]

Am I right in thinking that pygmy hippo births tend towards a female bias in which case a male calf is good news ?

 

[stulch]

Am I right in thinking that pygmy hippo births tend towards a female bias in which case a male calf is good news ?

Yes, so the video says, in captivity there's only a one in five chance of a male and because his mother hasn't bread before (in europe?) it's a very valuable calf.