What a mistake! Japan’s “beautiful hippopotamus” was raised by a girl for 7 years and the 12-year-old was shocked when she saw 2 behaviors | Pets | Sanli News Network SETN.COM

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Osaka Tennoji Zoo hippopotamus “Kogen” (ゲンちゃん) came to Japan from Mexico 7 years ago and quickly became an animal superstar in the zoo. Unexpectedly, the zoo recently issued an announcement stating that Kogen is 12 years old this year.In fact, she is a girl.

After Tennoji Zoo introduced Xiao Yuan from the African Wildlife Park “Africam Safari” in Mexico in 2017, it always regarded him as a male hippopotamus. It was not until Xiao Yuan grew up that he did not show the behavior of a male hippopotamus, and then noticed something was wrong.

▲Hippo star Kogen (ゲンちゃん) at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, Japan. (Picture/reproduced from Tennoji Zoo)

Because the risk of visually identifying the hippo’s genitals was too high, the park finally determined through DNA testing that Xiao Yuan was actually a girl. The park emphasized that all the documents it received stated that Xiao Yuan was a male hippopotamus. In addition, Xiao Yuan was only 5 years old when he first arrived in Japan, so there was no doubt about Xiao Yuan’s gender.

The zoo said that Xiao Yuan’s face was cute and elegant at the same time. In the past, he had always been regarded as a handsome and energetic man. Unexpectedly, as Xiao Yuan grew older, he no longer used his tail to flick feces to declare territory or make mating calls. behavior, and finally discovered the shocking fact that it was a girl. The park also said that they have no plans to change the name of Xiaoyuan, who has been publicly named, and will be more cautious in the future to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

▲The silverback gorilla “Shabani” at Higashiyama Botanical Garden in Japan is also a handsome zoo star (Photo/Amazon)

The most famous handsome zoo star in Japan is undoubtedly the silverback gorilla “Shabani” from the Higashiyama Botanical Garden in Japan. Shabani, with his regular facial features and slightly melancholy atmosphere, is loved by many female human fans and became popular in 2015. Later, he launched a large number of pillows, calendars and other peripheral products, and even became the first gorilla in the world to publish a photo album.

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