warthog
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Fully 95% of species, including giraffes, leopards, hyenas, zebras, kudu, warthog, impala, elephants, and rhinoceroses, ran more often or abandoned waterholes faster in response to humans than in response to lions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023
Those who watched the dancing warthog gave a little more to charity and were more likely to give the whole amount, though the results are less conclusive because of a small sample size.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
We gazed at a submerged hippo, a few curly-horned buffalo and a wandering warthog.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Our all-purpose flour is made with organic warthog wheat, which is stone-milled in small batches by a fifth-generation family farm in Illinois.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2022
The looming shapes of animals bunched up inside: antelopes, bushbucks, broadheaded warthogs with warthog children running behind them.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
In another case, warthogs use distinctive body postures to invite birds and mammals to clean them.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
Judy, the first rabbit to join the city's police force, has proven to her macho colleagues — buffaloes, hippos, and warthogs — that she deserves her place in the investigative department.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
She rolls with a posse that’s 30-strong, uses warthogs like DoorDash for her tick snacks between brawls, and has a cousin who catches birds with his butt cheeks.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2024
Magnus wrote in his 1555 book they were 200-feet long with broad, forked tails and finned feet, with faces resembling warthogs and dual blow-holes on the top of their heads.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 28, 2023
I trot out excuses: homework, strict parents, tuba practice, late-night dentist appointment, have to feed the warthogs.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
