( NewsNation) — The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia needs help naming its newborn “Moo Deng look-alike.” A pygmy hippopotamus arrived in time for the holidays on Dec. 9 to hippo parents Iris and Corwin, weighing 15 pounds at birth. But she needs a name, and the zoo is asking people to submit their vote through New Year’s Eve.

Well friends, here’s a potential antidote to your woes: a newborn pygmy hippo right here in the region. On Christmas Eve, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia’s capital announced they had recently welcomed a newborn pygmy hippo.

No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses, the Internet only likes hippopotamuseses and its wish came true in early December when Virginia's Metro Richmond Zoo welcomed a newborn pygmy hippo.