Fiona the hippo turns five; Chance to win prize package, paintings by Fiona
ByWHIO Staff
ByWHIO Staff
CINCINNATI — Fiona is officially a handful! The energetic hippo, known across the country, is turning five today, Jan. 24 but she isn’t the only one who could receive some gifts.
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden are holding an invitation-only virtual birthday party. To join you can buy a $5 “gift” for Fiona on Cincinnati Zoo’s website.
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Fiona FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2017, file photo, Fiona, a Nile hippopotamus plays in her enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, in Cincinnati. The zoo said Fiona will soon eat nothing but grown-up hippo food as shes weaned from her bottles of formula. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Fiona the hippo Fiona, the premature hippo, who was born at the Cincinnati Zoo, is now teething!
*Photo credit: WCPO*
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Fiona the hippo Fiona, the premature hippo, who was born at the Cincinnati Zoo, is now teething!
*Photo credit: WCPO*
Fiona The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden decided its popular baby hippo Fiona is ready for her close-up June 1, 2017, as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. (GREG LYNCH / STAFF)
Fiona and her mom Bibi
Hippos Fiona, the Cincinnati Zoo's beloved baby hippo, is in the water between her parents, Henry and Bibi in this file photo. (Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden)
Fiona the hippo Fiona, the premature hippo, who was born at the Cincinnati Zoo, is now teething!
*Photo credit: WCPO*
Fiona the hippo Fiona, the premature hippo, who was born at the Cincinnati Zoo, is now teething!
*Photo credit: WCPO*
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Fiona the hippo Fiona, the premature hippo, who was born at the Cincinnati Zoo, is now teething!
*Photo credit: WCPO*
Fiona the hippo Fiona, the premature hippo, who was born at the Cincinnati Zoo, is now teething!
*Photo credit: WCPO*
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In this photo provided by the Cincinnati Zoo, its premature baby hippo, named Fiona, rests on a towel at the zoo in Cincinnati on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017.
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided its popular baby hippo is ready for her close-up. Fiona is making her news media debut Wednesday evening with cameras rolling as she navigates the 9-foot-deep Hippo Cove pool.
April 12, 2017 photo, Fiona a prematurely born hippopotamus, swims in her quarantine enclosure (Courtesy Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens via AP)
In this March 28, 2017 photo, Fiona a prematurely born hippopotamus, rests in her quarantine enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens in Cincinnati. (Courtesy Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens via AP)
Fiona, the 2-month-old baby hippo at the Cincinnati Zoo, is making great progress and gaining more and more weight. Fiona already weighs more than 116 pounds.
Fiona, the baby hippo, is pictured here with her family, mother, Bibi, and father, Henry at the Cincinnati Zoo’s outdoor hippo pool on Tuesday. It’s the first picture of the family together since Fiona’s premature birth in January.
Fiona, a baby Nile hippopotamus, born prematurely Jan. 24, 2017, swims outside for the first time with her father Henry, right, as her mother Bibi, left, watches in the pool of the zoo's Hippo Cove exhibit in July 2017.
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The Cincinnati Zoo’s hippo exhibit featuring Henry, Bibi and baby Fiona. Henry was euthanized on Tuesday after battling a chronic illness for months.
In this Tuesday, June 26, 2018 photo, Fiona, a baby Nile Hippopotamus swims in her enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, in Cincinnati. Now a half ton of fun, the Cincinnati Zoo's famed premature hippo is 2 years old.
Fiona the hippo recently reached a milestone weight, 1,000 pounds. (Photo: Screengrab via Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden/Twitter)
The gift comes with a link to attend the virtual birthday event, a digital thank you card from Fiona, and a chance to win a prize package.
A $20 “gift” will give you an invitation along with five entries to win.
The prize package contains a one-of-a-kind hippo table by Mark Stoddart, an original kiss painting by Fiona, and a copy of “Happy Birthday, Fiona” by Richard Cowdrey.
Cincinnati Zoo is also teaming up with Graeter’s Ice Cream to celebrate.
Graeter’s will be selling $5 chocolate bars, five of which contain a golden ticket inside the wrapper.
