00:00A pygmy hippo hailed as Taiwan's answer to Mu Deng has died at Taipei Zoo.
00:05Thabo was brought to Taiwan from Singapore in November.
00:09The zoo says the two-year-old hippo contracted an infection after injuring a foot in February.
00:14Thabo also developed malnutrition from refusing to eat.
00:18There are now two male and seven female pygmy hippos in Taiwan.
00:22Most of them are close relatives.
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