The Fiona phenomenon isn’t slowing down. The New York Times catches up with Earth’s hippest hippo and her passionate fans in Hooray for Fiona the Hippo, Our Bundle of Social-Media Joy.
Meanwhile, the plucky preemie shows off her water ballet every chance she gets:
The Fiona dance. #teamfiona pic.twitter.com/dGyUbgK3ud
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) November 19, 2017
… when she’s not throwing some sassy shade:
Fiona is creeping up on 600lbs but that's a fraction of what she will weigh when she's full grown. Her Mom weighs a whopping 3,500lbs! #TeamFiona pic.twitter.com/hrt0zcWIax
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) November 25, 2017
And speaking of not slowing down…
Fiona showing off her speed and sass. Hippos can easily outrun most humans. They have been clocked at 19mph over short distances. #teamfiona #cincinnati pic.twitter.com/sMNjxbRHll
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) November 18, 2017
And finally, Team Fiona took to Facebook to answer fan questions in a live chat (but there was a problem with the sound for the first minute).
Thanks to Sylvia C. and Andrew Y.
I can never get enough of Fiona ❤️
How are you feeling today Gigi? How is your face doing?
My eye is still very swollen and black but I can open it a little bit and see out of it so that’s good. The rest of the right side of my face is either num or hurts like heck.
Shoot, I am sorry.
My Fiona Fever will never die. Fiona zoomies are adorable.
Gigi, hope your recovery continues apace.
I’m home after a long stint in emergency room last night. Ruptured ovarian cyst. Going back to sleep now.
Hope you also feel better soon DEBG.
Yay, Fiona! I wouldn’t want to be in the middle of her zoomies though!
Have you seen the one from mid-November where she launches over mama and does a barrel roll? She’s like a stuntwoman going over the hood of a car!
I’d be really impressed if she did that on dry land!
I don’t just want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. I want Fiona Hippopotamus for Christmas!
More zoomies!
Also thought this gif of the previous zoomies tweet was funny XD
I like the gif of Hungry Hungry Hippos in the comments on the second one. 🙂
What a shame poor old Henry didn’t live to see Fiona grow up…
I wonder where Fiona’s older half-siblings are – presumably at other zoos worldwide? It would be interesting to see how they turned out.
Rats, I didn’t have a chance to see this over the weekend and now that I’m trying to watch it I either get no sound at all or the woman’s voice doubled with about a 15 second delay.
Roughly the first minute of the live event has no audio. Keep listening and there will be audio.