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A zoo has announced the death of a much loved pygmy hippo who has died aged 34.
Freddy the pygmy hippo had lived at Colchester Zoo in Essex since 2002 and before that lived at Givskud Zoo in Denmark.
He suffered a carcinoma in his oral cavity which forced zoo keepers to put him to sleep.
Freddy leaves an impressive legacy behind having fathered six calves between 2009 and 2020.