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Ukraine zoo a bad matchmaker for hippopotamus
Updated: 2011-06-22 20:07
(Agencies)
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 The hippopotamus which bore the name Stepan and now bears the name Stepanida, is seen at the city zoo in Kharkiv,Ukraine, June 21, 2011. The zoo employees were surprised to find out that a 20-year-old hippopotamus they thought was male turned out to be a female. Employees became suspicious after the hippopotamus ignored its new female cohabitant Lucinda, brought from Israel to make a couple, according to local media. [Photo/Agencies]
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