CHIANG MAI, March 8 (TNA)- Chiang Mai Zoo on Friday unveiled the fifth
member of its hippo family, a newborn to the 24-year-old hippo mother named
Mayom.
Mayom has taken maternal duties very well; giving care to
her baby she gave birth to on Thursday.
The Zoo has not determined the sex of the newborn hippo
which appears to be healthy. A huge
crowd of visitors keep flocking to see the new member of the zoo.
Zoo Director Wuthichai Muangmun said the Zoo would soon ask
the public to help name the hippo.
He said it was another success story for the zoo to welcome
the new member of the hippo family.
Mayom is a daughter of the 52-year-old Mali, the first
hippopotamus of the Zoo Organisation of Thailand and the longest-living in
Thailand. (TNA)
