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

Yang has been known to portray the iceberg that sank the Titanic or the adorable Thai pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2024

A baby hippopotamus is causing a fan frenzy in Thailand.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024

Science, of course, seeks to show that it does, just as Russell sought to show that there was no hippopotamus in the room.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton