hippos
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Rare Baby Pygmy Hippo Stars in Zoo Photoshoot
A zoo in the Czech Republic is so excited about its newest arrival that it arranged a special photoshoot. Meet Mikolas the pygmy hippo, born December 1 at Dvur Kralove Zoo. Pygmy hippopotamuses are endangered, and little Mikolas is a boon to conservation efforts, the Associated Press reports. The relatively tiny herbivore is now the…
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Pablo Escobar’s Cocaine Hippos Are Filling Ecosystem Roles In Colombia That Have Been Vacant For Thousands Of Years
Generally speaking, scientists are not down with Pablo Escobar’s hippos.
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Hippo Poo Is Suffocating Fish In East Africa
Usually, dumping fish-killing garbage into rivers is a human’s job. But hippos seem to be doing it, too, through their routine mass pooping events.
