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

An "incredibly rare" female baby hippopotamus has been born at Edinburgh Zoo.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 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

He wore a denture, made from one of his own teeth, a cow’s tooth, and hippopotamus ivory; metal springs held the denture in his mouth.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen