Visitors to a zoo are being offered the chance to name an adorable baby pygmy hippo which is still nameless.<br /><br />The newborn baby hippo was delivered by his 20-year-old mother, Jona, at their enclosure Khao Kheow Zoo in Chonburi, Thailand, at the end of October.<br /><br />Footage taken last Wednesday (November 27) shows the baby hippo waddling around his pool with his mother.<br /><br />Zookeepers have come up with two potential names based on popular food dishes - "Moo Tun", which translates as braised pork, or "Kaki" which means pork feet. <br /><br />Visitors now have until December 20 to vote for the name with the winning title being announced on December 28.<br /><br />The zoo director Attaporn Sriherun said that the contest was held to allow the zoo visitors to participate and follow the hippo's life.<br /><br />She said: "The baby was healthy and I think it was a good opportunity for the zoo to welcome the baby by having a naming contest that visitors can be a part of."<br /><br />Attaporn said the mother and son would stay together for around a year before they can separate.<br /><br />"When the baby is getting big, we will rearrange them in separate enclosures,'' the Zookeeper added.<br /><br />The baby marked the sixth pygmy hippo born to Jona and her 21-year-old mate Toni.<br /><br />He has been staying close to his mother since the day he was born. He is also the sixth born in the zoo.<br /><br />The pygmy hippopotamus is native to forests and swamps of West Africa, with adults growing to just half the size of the common hippopotamus.
