If there’s something with Fiona’s face on it, she has to have it first.”When Fiona was born, no one expected her to survive. Every day, between January and May 15, when Fiona finally was able to promenade around the hippo tank for the public, seemed to bring a new health crisis. Fiona came here in the year 2017, a year when we need a lot more good news. Fiona’s father, Henry, was inside, having suffered for months with infection and weight loss, an old man in hippo years at 36. “He was also smitten with Bibi, the zoo’s 18-year-old female, and followed her everywhere,” the zoo wrote in a statement.

Source: New York Times November 25, 2017 11:01 UTC