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more-inA two-day-old hippopotamus was accidentally crushed to death by its mother at Bannerghatta Biological Park on Tuesday morning. According to officials, the baby hippo was born in captivity on Sunday. The baby hippo had muscle bruises and internal haemorrhages in the lungs and heart, said officials. On Tuesday morning, the mother, Vidya, who was also born in the zoo nearly 18 years ago, accidentally stepped on its baby while nurturing the newborn. Officials denied that the accidental death could have happened owing to lack of space in the enclosure..