They can run about 18 miles per hour on average, comparable to humans and lizards. Similar to cows, pygmy hippos also have four stomach chambers. They spend at least six hours per day eating.

The world's smallest wild pig species has made a significant comeback, thanks to 28 years of ongoing conservation and ...

so they still ate just as much as a normal cow,” Mr Kelly said. The couple then turned their attention to sheep, which were “boring”, before settling on breeding pygmy goats about six years ago.

The “hoofstock” category of animals covers more than just horses or cows. Hippos have fingernail-like hooves on their webbed feet. Two-month-old pygmy hippo Moo Deng with her keeper at Khao ...

Jona cuddles Moo Deng as the baby cow rests; baby pygmy hippos sleep between 16-20 hours a day. AP The eponymous pygmy hippo can be seen in a video for the song, which shows a loop of Moo Deng ...