In line with the BBC, when the hippo was 5 years outdated, he got here to Osaka Tennoji Zoo in Japan with a 'male' certificates from the Africam Safari animal park in Mexico.
In line with the assertion, the hippo's paperwork weren’t questioned as a result of it was a cub on the time it arrived. However zookeepers turned suspicious as Gen-chan grew older and couldn’t detect male reproductive organs.
Kiyoshi Yasufuku, the zoo's deputy director, mentioned: “We acknowledge the significance of gender affirmation and wish to make sure that such errors don’t occur once more.”
The zoo acknowledged that 12-year-old Gen-chan will proceed to dwell beneath the identical identify.
