NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — There’s a blip at the Virginia Zoo. A new baby, that is.

That’s what the Zoo keepers are calling the newborn, male bongo calf at the facility. “Blip,” who might just be a trickster in the works after being born on April Fool’s Day, was named for his extra big ears like a “blip on the radar.”

Blip, weighing 53.3 pounds, is the eight calf for mom, Betty, and seventh for dad, Bob. Staff members say he’s a strong calf and is nursing well from mom.

This brings the Zoo’s bongo herd to 7: adults Juni, Bob and Betty, the three born last year Charlie, Johnny and Boomer, and now Blip.

  • Courtesy – Virginia Zoo
  • Courtesy – Virginia Zoo
  • Courtesy – Virginia Zoo
  • Courtesy – Virginia Zoo

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