hippopotamus

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A $31.4 million bar cart shaped like a hippopotamus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Researchers examined numerous hippopotamus fossils using both genetic and radiocarbon dating methods.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2025

A zoo in Japan has confirmed that a hippopotamus thought for seven years to be a he is, in fact, a she.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

The survival of the hippopotamus is intricately linked to the health of Africa's freshwater ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2024

An hour after the death certificate is signed, Lucinda is laid out in the water well of the hippopotamus car and hitched to a team of twenty-four black Percherons with feathers on their headbands.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen