The OKC Zoo is expected to welcome its newest art installation, a life-size sculpture of a young Peevey and baby Mathilda named "Gayla’s Hippo Hero," in summer 2025. "Oh, my goodness.

On Dec. 24, 1953, a 700-pound "baby" lumbered from her moving crate into the awaiting water at Oklahoma City's Lincoln Park Zoo. "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" had reached No. 24 on the ...