Saving Fiona: The Story of the World?s Most Famous Baby Hippo By : Thane Maynard
Book Excerpt :
The amazing, true story of Fiona, a baby hippo born prematurely at the Cincinnati Zoo, the team of scientists and caregivers?who nursed her to health, and the vast community in Cincinnati and beyond who rallied around her.?Includes full-color behind-the-scenes?photographs throughout. On a cold January day in 2017, nearly two months before her due date, Nile hippopotamus Bibi gave her keepers at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden a big (little) surprise - a tiny newborn hippo, no bigger than a football.? The first premature hippo born and raised in captivity, baby Fiona was an underdog from the start:? she couldn't nurse, she couldn't stay hydrated, and she wasn't thriving. But the staff at the zoo knew they could save her.? It would take creative thinking and teamwork.?They would have to study the makeup of hippo milk for the first time ever and reach out to medical colleagues, including a team at the local Children's Hospital with superior vein-finding skills, ?to ensure that
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