Baby hippos look like potatoes — which is why this one is named Latke

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Baby hippos look like potatoes — which is why this one is named Latke

Hanukkah may be months ago — in fact, it’s almost Purim — but a new baby hippo at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park outside Wichita, Kansas, was just named in honor of the holiday. Keepers dubbed the calf Latke because it was born Dec. 14, the last night of Hanukkah. According to a TikTok, the name Latke was chosen because keepers kept referring to the roly-poly baby as a potato. He was only 13 lbs at birth, which is a big potato but a very small hip…