Zoom photo of ‘Genchan’, a female hippopotamus at Tennoji Osaka Zoo. [사진=텐노지 동물원 SNS] It has become a hot topic as it was revealed of late that a hippopotamus that lived as ‘male’ for 7 years was actually ‘female’. Recently, foreign media such as Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun and Britain’s BBC reported that ‘Genchan’, a hippopotamus … Continue reading Misidentified Hippo ‘Genchan’ at Tennoji Zoo: A Case of Mistaken Identity