{"id":424744,"date":"2026-05-13T00:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T00:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/424744\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T00:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T00:36:10","slug":"bumpy-the-baby-hippo-goes-viral-as-he-leans-on-humans-after-losing-his-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/424744\/","title":{"rendered":"Bumpy the baby hippo goes viral as he leans on humans after losing his mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/baby_hippo_main.jpeg\" alt=\"Bumpy\u2019s life got off to a rough start after his mother died within days of giving birth to him.\" height=\"284\" width=\"430\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Bumpy\u2019s life got off to a rough start after his mother died within days of giving birth to him.\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                        PHOTO: Sheldrick Wildlife Trust\n                    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bumpy\u2019s life got off to a rough start after his mother died within days of giving birth to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[210096,111,139,69,147,14862,406],"class_list":["post-424744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-hippos","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-wild-animals","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}