The female hippo from Yekaterinburg will compete for a mate.
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Yekaterinburg hippo will compete for a mate
Yekaterinburg hippo will compete for a mate
January 4, 2026. Dwarf hippo Eva from the Yekaterinburg Zoo is vying for a mate with five other females from other zoos in Russia.
Photo: Yekaterinburg Zoo
“With dwarf hippos the situation is unique: in captivity males are not born, only females. No one can explain this phenomenon. In Russia these animals are scarce, about six, no more. The other 5–6 Russian female hippos are also looking for suitors, the competition is fierce,” Ura.Ru quoted the institution’s director Svetlana Prilepina as saying.
Earlier it was reported that hippo Eva may be left without a suitor from the Czech Republic due to anti-Russian sanctions.
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Eva, a pygmy hippopotamus from the Yekaterinburg Zoo, is vying for a mate with five other females from zoos across Russia. The situation with pygmy hippos is unique: in captivity, no males are born, only females.