It's Fiona the hippo's first birthday, she's eating cake, and I'm crying

It’s Fiona the hippo’s first birthday. She did it! And she deserves a cake.

The baby hippo, born six weeks premature at the Cincinnati Zoo last January, has become a bonafide celebrity in her first year of life, making headlines with everything from her first steps to that time she crashed an engagement photo. 

But Fiona is more than a cute baby animal (although she is certainly queen of that category). She’s a success story that wasn’t always a sure thing. And her survival is the result of intuitive, amazing round-the-clock care from her keepers — as well as some kind of Fiona-specific tenacity that she probably stores in her ears. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | It's Fiona the hippo's first birthday, she's eating cake, and I'm crying