| 单词 | hippopotamus |
| 例句 | He sent the tooth to Cuvier in Paris for an opinion, but the great Frenchman dismissed it as being from a hippopotamus. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Tendai climbed on top of a grand piano—he shared the space with a stuffed pheasant and a hippopotamus foot hollowed out for umbrellas. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The door had opened, and a huge hippopotamus of a woman was filling the doorway. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z This was in a lecture room, and I invited him to consider the proposition: ‘There is no hippopotamus in this room at present.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Science, of course, seeks to show that it does, just as Russell sought to show that there was no hippopotamus in the room. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The trauma of having found employment had affected his valve negatively, and he was waiting until the warm water in which he wallowed like a pink hippopotamus had a calming effect upon his system. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the pond you realize those are hippopotamuses floating in the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Though of course we both have our natural beauty, as the hippopotamus said to the rat.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Their African equivalents—such as the African buffalo, zebra, bush pig, rhino, and hippopotamus—have never been domesticated, not even in modern times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a balloon over the hippopotamus—where his head should have been but his bottom actually was— “Oh!” it was saying. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Brother Quang remembers I was as red and fat as a baby hippopotamus when he first saw me, inspiring the name HaMa, River Horse. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The hippopotamuses continued to doze with their noses above the surface. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m going to be a veterinarian and operate on the biggest animals on the planet—elephants, rhinoceroses, giraffes, hippopotamuses. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Kitty, tell me quickly, how many toes does a hippopotamus have? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z For her part, Rosie is carted out through each town in the hippopotamus wagon and then displayed in the menagerie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The two teddy bears, the orange kitten, the beat-up Grover she’d had since she was two, and the large purple hippopotamus on her bed eyed her as she moved. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Water without a hippopotamus was so much more manageable than water with one. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In Des Moines, a dressing tent, a hippopotamus and matching wagon, and the Lovely Lucinda. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Noah was right; he looks exactly like a hippopotamus. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z They played a game of Mousetrap, and April read aloud a short book about a hippopotamus. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z 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. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As well picture a block of granite wafting like a feather, or a hippopotamus slithering like a cat. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Since I’d been lucky enough to see a hippopotamus in a touring circus in Austin, maybe my wishes weren’t so outlandish. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z 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. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The women follow immediately behind the hippopotamus wagon, dressed all in black and pressing elegant lace hankies to the corners of their eyes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It shows the head of a crocodile, the body of a lioness, and the rump of a hippopotamus. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “They’ll take her if we do a cataract operation on her right eye. On a hippopotamus! What next? Nose jobs on the rhinos?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Urban chimed in to correct him, suggesting that each sculpture was actually as heavy as “an elephant and a hippopotamus.” In This Exhibition, You Walk Through Excrement 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Two hippopotamuses, their thick skin evenly rendered in bronze and burnt umber, float in an aquarium like corpses. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z She maneuvered one of the lodge’s electric boats down the Chobe River, where both crocodiles and hippopotamuses can be deadly, toward an area favored by savanna elephants. The Wonder Women of Botswana Safari 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z In Greek, “hippopotamus” means “water horse,” while in Swahili it means “butt ugly.” Style Invitational Week 1293: Constitutional unconvention 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z They went aloft in hot-air balloons to shoot vast migrations, and underwater to film hippopotamuses. Alan Root, Oft-Bitten Wildlife Filmmaker, Dies at 80 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian A hippopotamus suspended from the rafters. National Museum of Scotland: suspend your disbelief 2011-07-26T20:31:01Z Among other things, “Composition 361” conveyed the impression of a great beast given to disarmingly graceful movements, like a hippopotamus in water. Music Review: Tri-Centric Modeling Event Honors Anthony Braxton 2010-06-21T22:59:00Z The board, which was discovered in Egypt early in the nineteenth century, occupies the back of a carved hippopotamus, its hollows set amid inlaid glass on blue faience. What We Learn from One of the World’s Oldest Board Games 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The Cincinnati Reds are planning to have an official “Fiona Day” at the ballpark next summer, complete with commemorative hippopotamus bobbleheads. Hooray for Fiona the Hippo, Our Bundle of Social-Media Joy 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z One of the show’s most delightful pieces is a pitcher shaped like a hippopotamus, from about 1700-1550 B.C. Art Review: Partnerships and Power Shifts Between Two Mighty Lands 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z The first loser, a hip-hop hippopotamus who dabbed effortlessly to Bobby Brown’s “My Prerogative,” revealed himself to be a very handsome N.F.L. wide receiver. Our Masked Singers, Ourselves 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Sometimes he dances, rather in the manner of the tutu-clad hippopotami in Walt Disney’s “Fantasia.” Review: ‘Krapp’s Last Tape,’ a Melancholy Tone Poem 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z There’s the hippopotamus who recently arrived from Egypt — “traveled up the Nile with an entire herd of cattle to provide it milk.” Review | ‘The Woman in the Water’: An elegant mystery novel set in Victorian England 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z First, that the hippopotamus is bashful, unsure how to insert herself into the delights of her peers. The Hidden Depths of Sandra Boynton’s Board Books 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z On Sunday, though, it proves that it can still work that territory with an odd, fascinating special that stars a dead hippopotamus. Review: ‘Eating Giants: Hippo,’ on Animal Planet 2012-09-14T14:37:18Z Medical texts dating back to 1550BC reveal that the ancient Egyptians tried rubbing pretty much everything into their scalps, from ground donkey hooves to hippopotamus fat, in a bid to halt the balding process. The new growth in hair loss research 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z The first dentures were made of hippopotamus ivory, which was thought to be more durable. This Exhibition Has Real Bite 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z A lion A wolf A tiger A hippopotamus What did Max's mother call him when he was running around the house? Where the wild things are - quiz 2013-02-01T09:00:00Z His darkly comic novel tells the story of a drug baron's son growing up in a luxury hideout surrounded by guns, hit men and dealers, longing for a pygmy hippopotamus for his private zoo. First space on Guardian first book award longlist goes to new publisher 2011-08-01T14:57:14Z Perhaps the hippopotamus is avoiding dependency, or is a recovering addict. The Hidden Depths of Sandra Boynton’s Board Books 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z He and subsequent owners decorated the caves with murals, including a tiger, a bear and a green hippopotamus. Going underground: the world's most spectacular caves 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Second, that the other animals are deliberately excluding the hippopotamus, perhaps even just for being a hippopotamus. The Hidden Depths of Sandra Boynton’s Board Books 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Abstract sculptures by David Brooks are named, in part, for real creatures — the South China tiger, the Sumatran orangutan, the pygmy hippopotamus of West Africa — now on the very brink of extinction. ‘The Fifth Season’ 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z I, meanwhile, went to watch the DreamWorks parade with the upright hippopotamus dancing to the music of “If My Friends Could See Me Now” on the Royal Promenade. The Cruise Issue: On the World?s Largest Cruise Ship, the Sea Is an Afterthought 2011-02-14T16:19:28Z The young hippopotamus plopped into the pool on Tuesday at the Monate Conservation Lodge north of Johannesburg. Weird news: Hippo gets stuck 2012-08-23T14:00:00Z Hunter Bosaiya, 7, from Sumner, said he'd seen live hippos at the Woodland Park Zoo and was excited to see a hippopotamus skull. Kids 'Meet the Mammals' at Burke Museum 2011-11-13T02:27:28Z Wells affected not to recognize Henry James, rather unkindly asking who the hippopotamus was.” ‘Downton Abbey’-esque novels offer romance, fashion and foie gras 2013-02-07T21:54:37Z Their scruffy, comfortable home, decorated with hippopotamus figurines and Escher prints, stocked with vintage-y clothes and rescued furniture, is a shrine to fading ideals of specialness. | 'The Future': Is That All There Is? Milking Life for More 2011-07-28T22:44:40Z Narmer apparently met his death by, of all things, being carried off by a hippopotamus. ‘The Story of Egypt’: A look at a gender-bending society where women could rule 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z A fat ticket collector yawns and we see the gaping maw of a huge hippopotamus. Jon Savage celebrates the film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment 2011-02-10T21:45:01Z The idea of a family of hippopotami walking upright on two legs? Why are Rosamund Pike and Kate Winslet stuck in the CGI Moominvalley? 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z I neglected to mention that he’s being carried into the afterlife on the back of a voluble and enormous hippopotamus. A Playful Masterpiece That Expanded the Novel’s Possibilities 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Another looks like a hippopotamus lurking in the street. A hometown girl goes looking for the quirky heart of Houston 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z When mastodon bones were first studied, in 1739, many scientists reasoned that the large and unique bones belonged to an elephant or hippopotamus. ‘The Sixth Extinction,’ by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014-02-10T18:47:42Z Fiona, the adorable baby hippopotamus who stole the hearts of animal lovers after she was born prematurely at an Ohio zoo, is getting her very own children's book, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Fiona the baby hippo will star in a children's book 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z The reality is that I will never get back these fleeting moments with my daughter, who is quite delightful even though she can’t tell the difference between a rhinoceros and hippopotamus. Mommy, can you put down your iPhone? 2013-01-26T21:00:00Z Collectors also need to watch out for walrus, elephant and hippopotamus ivory masquerading as whale parts, and forgers’ historically inaccurate renderings of ship sails, rigging and oars, Mr. Frank said. Antiques: Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont as Impulse Buyer 2010-05-06T20:50:00Z A moment of pregnant anguish ensues, but she agrees: but yes the hippopotamus—only to reveal in a twist on the final board, “But not the armadillo.” The Hidden Depths of Sandra Boynton’s Board Books 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z As a teenager, before I was wheeled into surgery, I had a panic attack so strong I was dosed with what felt like enough Ativan to fell a hippopotamus. What Megan Fox Taught Me About the Power of Subversive Girls 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z “My brother used to terrorize me with a small rubber hippopotamus named Longfellow.” Robert Boswell’s ‘Tumbledown,’ and More 2013-08-28T19:05:14Z The result: whether microscopically small or the size of a hippopotamus, whether on land or under water -- on average about 1% of all living organisms have been transported by humans somewhere in the world. New study reveals huge potential for future waves of invasive species 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z At this zoo visitors dodge stampeding elephants, peer into the gaping jaws of a hippopotamus and pat friendly giraffes. Why a 'hologram revolution' could be on the way 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Roman travels the world to uncover salmon, bison and hippopotamus conveyor belts that nourish trees, savannas and rivers. Wildlife Poop Is the Climate Solution You’ve Never Heard Of 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z One of the contest’s judges described Scooter like this: “In the cutest way possible, he kind of reminds me of a hairy hippopotamus.” Scooter Wins World’s Ugliest Dog Contest 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z To kill a massive animal like a hippopotamus, poachers must be extremely skilled and efficient. Hippos had found refuge in Uganda’s national parks. But that may be changing 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z “In the cutest way possible, he kind of reminds me of a hairy hippopotamus,” Catherine Liang, a judge in the competition, said. California Jury Pay Could Soon Increase to $100 a Day 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z “In the cutest way possible, he kind of reminds me of a hairy hippopotamus,” said Catherine Liang, one of the judges in the competition. With Reversed Hind Legs and a Loose Tongue, a New Ugly Dog Champion Is Crowned 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z It was during our spirited debate of who would win in a fight to the death — a Komodo dragon or a hippopotamus — that I knew this. L.A. Affairs: He treated me how I wished I could treat myself 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The code specifies hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses, moose, giraffes, baboons and reptiles over 8 feet long, among others. Opinion: No hippopotamuses at unruly house parties, and other obscure L.A. laws 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, the rainforest is rich in biodiversity, including pygmy hippopotamuses, giant forest hogs, canopy monkeys, and chimpanzees, as well as thousands of species of plants. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Hippopotamuses give birth to hippopotamus calves; Monterey pine trees produce seeds from which Monterey pine seedlings emerge; and adult flamingos lay eggs that hatch into flamingo chicks. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z A safari park says one of its beloved hippopotamus' will be "deeply missed" after dying at the age of 49. Longleat safari park's beloved hippo will be greatly missed 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The animal has been an unofficial mascot since 1996, when a statue of a hippopotamus was given as a gift to the class of 2000 by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, the university president at the time. George Washington University Is Moving on From ‘Colonials’ 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z So, if you live in the city of L.A. and you have a hippopotamus and you’re planning an unruly party, consider yourself warned. Opinion: No hippopotamuses at unruly house parties, and other obscure L.A. laws 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z They confront many obstacles and dangers on their trek, including rivers that hide dangerous hippopotamuses and crocodiles, not to mention numerous predators they face on land. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Animal sanctuary facilities in India and Mexico have agreed to take in 70 invasive African hippopotamuses that descend from those once owned by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Animal sanctuaries in Mexico, India set to take 70 Colombian hippos 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The fossils date from early in the Eocene epoch, when Earth was home to ancient relatives of many modern mammals, including tapirs, hippopotamuses and humans. Monkeylike Animals Once Lived in the Arctic, New Fossils Show 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z In 2021, a lost hippopotamus turned up in northern Johannesburg and wandered through backyards, cooling itself in swimming pools until it was captured. Your Friday Briefing 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Deepening restrictions on ivory trafficking have led to an increase of the trade in hippopotamus teeth, wildlife campaigners are warning, with potentially serious effects for a species already listed as "vulnerable to extinction". Poachers target hippos for giant teeth in place of ivory 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z A two-year-old boy has fully recovered after he was swallowed headfirst by a hippopotamus near his home in southwestern Uganda. Toddler survives being swallowed by hippo 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Mexican zoo authorities have agreed to help facilitate the transfer of the hippopotamuses, which have yet to be captured. Animal sanctuaries in Mexico, India set to take 70 Colombian hippos 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Researchers have proposed all manner of imaginative hypotheses for his demise, ranging from murder to a chariot accident to a hippopotamus attack. King Tut Mysteries Endure 100 Years After Discovery 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z This is 747’s second time winning, according to Mashable, which quoted one park ranger describing the winner as “more hippopotamus than bear at times.” This year’s ‘Fat Bear’ winner is aptly named contender ‘747’ 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z A mural depicts the entry to his infamous rural getaway, Hacienda Napoles, which featured, among other attractions, a zoo from which imported hippopotamuses have since escaped into the nearby countryside, causing environmental havoc. Medellín, Colombia: From murder capital to growing tourist draw 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The hippopotamus is arguably one of the great physical comedians of the animal world. The true story of when Congress almost released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z All the transferred animals would be juveniles, so as to limit the reproductive growth of the wild population in Colombia, where the hippopotamus faces no natural predators. Animal sanctuaries in Mexico, India set to take 70 Colombian hippos 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z For example, despite the fact that a hippopotamus resembles a pig more than a whale, the hippopotamus may be the closest living relative of the whale. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z But even the largest capybara is a pipsqueak compared with some prehistoric rodents that resembled a cross between a supersized capybara and a hairy hippopotamus. Earth’s Largest Rodents Were Smaller Than We Once Thought 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Was that a hippopotamus goddess at the end? 'Moon Knight' Episode 4: The hippo goddess and that ending, explained 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z According to the BBC in 2016, hippopotamuses killed an average of 500 people each year in Africa — far more than lions, which tend to inspire far more fear. The true story of when Congress almost released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z In addition to India and Mexico, facilities in Ecuador, Botswana, and the Philippines have expressed interest in acquiring some Colombian hippopotamuses. Animal sanctuaries in Mexico, India set to take 70 Colombian hippos 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Hippopotamuses give birth to hippopotamus calves, Joshua trees produce Joshua tree seedlings, and flamingos lay eggs that hatch into flamingo chicks. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z But seriously, the mighty hippopotamus is the subject of a new episode of “Nature.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Ten Commandments,’ the Grammys, MLB’s opening day and more 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z “They talk of castration, sterilization, taking the life of some hippopotamuses,” he said. Locals fret as Colombia to declare hippos invasive species 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Yet around the same time that Roosevelt was traipsing through Africa and slaughtering these rotund mammals, other Americans were planning on bringing hippopotamuses to their own country. The true story of when Congress almost released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Their results, published Monday in Current Biology, suggest that hippopotamuses can distinguish friends from acquaintances, and acquaintances from strangers, by the way they sound. To Hippos, a Wheeze and a Honk Mean More Than Just ‘Hello!’ 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z It remains unclear how hippopotamuses Imani, 14, and Hermien, 41, contracted the virus, but the pair appear to be doing well and have no symptoms other than their runny, sticky noses. Snotty-nosed hippos test positive for coronavirus in Belgium, the first known cases in species 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Now, two hippopotamuses have gone into quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus at a zoo in Belgium. Covid-19: Test changes a 'hammer blow' to travel, and the pros and cons of mandatory jabs 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z “They make laws from a distance. We live with the hippopotamuses here and we have never thought of killing them,” said Isabel Romero Jerez, a local conservationist. Locals fret as Colombia to declare hippos invasive species 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z The plan was to introduce wild hippopotamuses to the Louisiana bayous, with the idea that they would some day be as common a feature in that region as alligators and pelicans. The true story of when Congress almost released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z A Belgian zoo has said that its two hippopotamuses have been taken into quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus. Belgian zoo hippos test positive for Covid 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z The team, led by famed paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey, eventually found tracks left by ancient elephants, hippopotamuses, and more, all later dated to 3.6 million years ago. Ancient footprints suggest famed human ancestor ‘Lucy’ had company 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The jackal is associated with Anubis, god of death; the falcon with Horus, god of the sky; the hippopotamus with Taweret, goddess of fertility. Mysteries of Ancient Egypt’s Sacred Baboons Revealed 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z When the document declaring them an invasive species in Colombia is signed, hippopotamuses will join species such as the giant African snail, coqui frog, black tilapia and lionfish. Locals fret as Colombia to declare hippos invasive species 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z He came up with a simultaneous solution to both problems that seemed ingenious: Import hippopotamuses to the Louisiana bayous, where they would eat the hyacinths and be hunted for their tasty flesh. The true story of when Congress almost released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z At "medium" risk were golden hamsters, wild yak, jaguars, hippopotamuses and American bison. From deer and dogs to rats and mink, COVID-19 has spread to the animal world 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z A team dispatched to the area reported back that two hippopotamuses had also died. Waste From Mine in Angola Kills 12 Downstream in Congo, Minister Says 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z But the same desert regions were once intermittently lush and green, attracting early humans and large animals such as hippopotamuses migrating out of Africa to linger at ancient lakes, new evidence suggests. Once green, prehistoric Arabia drew early humans from Africa 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The saddest escapee story is Bubbles’ — not Michael Jackson’s chimp, but an Orange County hippopotamus. Runaway animals are as L.A. as car chases. Here's why they make headlines 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z In addition, the delta region does not have the hard ground found in the areas of Africa where hippopotamuses flourish, and indeed "much of the area would be like quicksand to a hippo." The true story of when Congress almost released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Selma Mayor James Perkins, Jr. said he was “hippopotamus happy” and “peacock proud” to sign the proposal. Selma declares annual honor for civil rights activist Reese 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Escobar and his Medellin Cartel are long dead, but one of the zoo’s prized specimens is flourishing in the tropical countryside and wetlands in and around the palace-turned-theme park - the hippopotamus. Fear and love surround Escobar’s hippos thriving in Colombia 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Escobar and his Medellin Cartel are long dead, but one of the zoo’s prized specimens is flourishing in the tropical countryside and wetlands in and around the palace-turned-theme park — the hippopotamus. Fear and love surround Escobar’s hippos thriving in Colombia 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z In 1911, zoo superintendent Frank Baker reportedly resorted to chance to choose the name of a new baby hippopotamus. Perspective | What’s in a name? For animals at the National Zoo, all sorts of considerations. 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Because hippopotamuses produce roughly 13 pounds of fecal waste every day, their excrement has clogged up rivers and choked off nutrients needed by other wildlife. The true story of when Congress almost released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z In the wild, the hippopotamus lives in rivers and lakes in sub-Saharan Africa and habitat loss means it’s now considered vulnerable. Thailand's oldest hippo celebrates birthday with fruit and song 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Here, elementary school students are used to walking past a sign that reads “Danger - hippopotamus present.” Fear and love surround Escobar’s hippos thriving in Colombia 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Here, elementary school students are used to walking past a sign that reads “Danger — hippopotamus present.” Fear and love surround Escobar’s hippos thriving in Colombia 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z "He's looking forward to seeing a hippopotamus," one mother told me about her son. Humans come in one-by-one as zoo returns to life 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Massimi, for his part, is pessimistic about the theoretical impact of hippopotamuses in Louisiana. The true story of when Congress almost released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z In the neighbouring Philippines, Bertha, considered to be the oldest hippopotamus in captivity at the time, died in 2017, aged 65. Thailand's oldest hippo celebrates birthday with fruit and song 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Pinchuk urged people to donate to support the zoo, which is home to 400 animals including a seal, a hippopotamus and giraffes. Mangoes off the menu for lonely primates, as Kiev zoo struggles in lockdown 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Calvin Coolidge owned a hippopotamus and two lions named Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau. Lions, tigers and bears: the US presidents who took animal ownership to extremes 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Rumours of manatees breaking fishing nets and capsizing canoes led to their classification as a “rogue animal” in the 1970s – an official classification for animals that threaten human livelihoods, such as crocodiles and hippopotami. ‘A manatee is worth more alive’: the mission to save Africa’s sea mammals 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Occasionally a hippopotamus will appear on the local soccer pitch to graze. Colombians grapple with a big problem: wandering hippos 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z However, upon closer inspection, zoologists at the Natural History Museum determined that the supposed tracks were identical and likely made with an umbrella stand or ashtray that had a hippopotamus leg as a base. Loch Ness monster: A history of the legendary beast 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Their list mainly included fish, but also mammals like beavers, river dolphins and hippopotami, as well as coldblooded creatures like crocodiles, giant salamanders and alligator snapping turtles. The Freshwater Giants Are Dying 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Nature David Attenborough narrates “Hippos: Africa’s River Giants,” a look at hippopotamuses as they protect their families, face their enemies and contend with a drought. What's on TV Wednesday, Jan. 15: 'Party of Five' on Freeform 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z A bit about the bite of the common hippopotamus: News reports often cite it as being powerful enough to snap a canoe in half. A woman survived a 2018 hippo attack.Here’s her story. 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z An estimated 80 hippopotamuses, perhaps more, live in the area around the Rio Magdalena, Colombia’s principal river, which runs through the center of the country. Colombians grapple with a big problem: wandering hippos 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Fiona, a hippopotamus born in 2017 at the Cincinnati Zoo, became a social media star and a local celebrity in part because the zoo documented her every move since birth. Black Rhino Born at Michigan Zoo on Christmas Eve 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z This is in striking contrast to the high position of its eyes and is quite different from the configuration of nares in modern-day aquatic tetrapod animals, such as crocodiles, hippopotamuses or frogs. Early tetrapods had an eye on the land 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The pygmy hippopotamus is a large mammal native to the forests and swamps of western Africa. Pygmy hippo born at Montgomery Zoo 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z To name but a few: anteaters, antelopes, duck-billed platypuses, slow lorises, giant sloths, saber-toothed tigers, horses, hippopotamuses, humans … and possibly also a whole lot of leafy lichens. Did the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Inadvertently Help Lichens? 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z In response to her intention to add an imposing animal to the story, her producers suggested a donkey painted with stripes or a hippopotamus — offers she declined. How Mexican filmmaker Issa López defied expectations with 'Tigers Are Not Afraid' 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Though she couldn’t see what they were selling at the store, in the dream she saw herself standing in the store with a life-sized silver hippopotamus in the center of it. Swansea gallery owners featured on ‘Flea Market Flip’ 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z This aerial shot of a hippopotamus party — appropriately titled ‘Hungry hippos’ — won first prize in the Nature category of the 2018 SkyPixel Aerial Photo & Video Contest. Hippos, haloes and black holes — April’s best science images 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Last week, the centre-right Kulanu party, which is also struggling in polls, released a video which looked like a trailer for a film, showing a fish climbing a tree and a flatulent hippopotamus. 'Fascism' perfume ad causes stir in Israel 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Foster imported about $136,000 worth of products made from illegal endangered wildlife, including sea turtle, hippopotamus, swan and ivory, according to court records. Golf architect gets 30-day sentence for smuggling products made from endangered animals 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Most of the items seized were ivory from elephants, but some were hippopotamus teeth. La Jolla gallery owner, salesman, admit ivory trafficking 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Many words referring to nature come from Greek: “ocean,” “dolphin,” “hippopotamus,” “peony,” “elephant.” Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Elliott says investigators recovered more than 300 pieces of ivory, most from elephants but some from hippopotamus teeth. $1.3 million in illegal ivory seized from San Diego gallery 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z While this investigation focused on elephant and hippopotamus ivory, Atkin’s bill provides comprehensive protection of ivory from other mammals, including narwhal, walrus, warthog and whale. La Jolla gallery charged in $1.3M illegal ivory ring 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z They also teem with wildlife, including the rare saltwater hippopotamus and giant sea turtle, which thrive in this remote spot. The beautiful islands that could help stop killer diseases 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z “He looks like a hippopotamus more than a bear, at times.” America’s fattest bear has now been crowned 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z What would be simply a rock in a river gained some notoriety decades ago when some artistic angler decided it looked like a hippopotamus and painted a face on it. 16 of the weirdest roadside oddities in the Lehigh Valley 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z The waterbuck’s triumph, however, may incidentally be slowing the recovery of another water-loving mammal: the hippopotamus. In Mozambique, a Living Laboratory for Nature’s Renewal 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Further inspections found additional items that appeared to contain illegal ivory, most from elephant tusks but some also from hippopotamus teeth, which the law also bans. La Jolla gallery charged in $1.3M illegal ivory ring 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Lozano inspired supporters, among them a man who argued that just because one may want to keep a hippopotamus in his yard doesn’t mean it’s legal. Rescued sacrificial rooster terrorizes a Miami neighborhood 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z A husband and wife flying in from the Philippines on May 11 carried in their luggage 34 pieces of elephant ivory, two carved hippopotamus tusks and two carved warthog tusks, agency spokesman Jason Givens said. Federal officials seize $25,000 of carved ivory at Sea-Tac Airport 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Efforts to fashion dentures from hippopotamus ivory or even porcelain failed to mimic the durability and appearance of the human tooth. Rot, drills and inequity: the tangled tale of teeth 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z “On a typical day, a package will leave our shop for the Mfuwe airport, where the truck drives by a watering hole for hippopotamus and a natural basin where giraffes and elephants meet,” says Wilson. These Artists Are Making Jewelry to Help Protect Their Country's Wildlife 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z That allowed wildlife officers to get a search warrant, which led to the seizure of a total of 338 pieces with elephant or hippopotamus ivory. La Jolla gallery charged in $1.3M illegal ivory ring 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Now picture a dinosaur the size of a fully grown hippopotamus settling onto its eggs—sounds like a recipe for a dinosaur omelet. How Giant Dinosaurs Sat on Their Eggs Without Crushing Them 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The park also has a wide variety of wildlife, including about a quarter of the world's remaining 880 mountain gorillas, 2,500 hippopotamuses which live on the banks of Lake Edward and three rivers. Why do tourists visit a park in an African war zone? 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Gigantic leatherback turtles, topping out at about 2,000 pounds, nest along the beaches, while hippopotamuses body surf in the waves. A Next-Level Safari Vacation: The Africa Few Adventurers See 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z When he was GW’s president, Stephen Trachtenberg bought a bronze sculpture of a hippopotamus in an antique store in 1996 and donated it to the school, which he felt needed more traditions. ‘Extremely offensive’: GW students launch petition to change Colonials nickname. They prefer ‘Hippos.’ 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The country's rapidly disappearing forests are home to Western chimpanzees, classified as critically endangered since 2016, forest elephants and the rare pygmy hippopotamus. Explainer: Plans to end cocoa deforestation face multiple hurdles 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z These animals ranged in weight from a few pounds to about 4,000 pounds, with the largest among them similar in bulk to a modern hippopotamus or rhinoceros. How Giant Dinosaurs Sat on Their Eggs Without Crushing Them 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The team also dated a hippopotamus tooth, stone tools and sediments, which provided similar date ranges of about 85,000 to 90,000 years. A Fossilized Finger Bone May Be From the Earliest Humans on the Arabian Peninsula 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z ArtWorks and the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden say they will produce a mural this summer to honor the premature Nile hippopotamus that captured hearts on social media. Mural at Cincinnati Zoo will feature its famous hippo, Fiona 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z A hippopotamus tooth found at the site was dated to 90,000 years old, as were the sediment layers surrounding the stone tools. Human finger bone points to an early exodus out of Africa 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z In the forest there are elephant, hippopotamus and buffalo. 'We know we may be killed': the rangers risking their lives for Virunga's gorillas 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Hippo roams loose in Mexico: Authorities said they're worried about a hippopotamus that is roaming loose in a swampy area in southern Mexico's Veracruz state. World Digest: March 9, 2018 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Using exotic game skin leathers such as crocodile, buffalo, crocodile, hippopotamus and ostrich, its boots remain much in demand around the world. Making boots from hippopotamus and ostrich 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z That’s what happens when your prematurely born hippopotamus becomes a global celebrity. Hippo-y birthday to Fiona! The popular preemie is turning 1 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z They looked at 253 populations of 36 large herbivorous mammals, including elephants and hippopotamuses, across 126 protected preserves in 19 African nations. Protected Wildlife Is a Major Casualty In War-Torn Areas of Africa 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z The park is home to some of the world’s most recognisable species including mountain gorillas, elephants, okapi, hippopotamuses and more than 700 species of bird. 'We know we may be killed': the rangers risking their lives for Virunga's gorillas 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The step stool is designed to look like a gray hippopotamus with blue or purple eyes. Recalls this week: dining benches, mattresses, work boots 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z In 2012, the sole hippopotamus at the zoo was euthanized after falling ill for a month and not responding to treatment. L.A. Zoo euthanizes herd of Nubian ibex due to highly contagious virus 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z And one adorable baby, Fiona the hippopotamus, became a story of survival as she overcame the odds and tumbled into the world’s heart. Solar eclipse, loveable baby hippo warmed hearts in 2017 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z The singer was on hand as the 26-year-old pygmy hippopotamus Francesca made her first Oklahoma public appearance since moving from the San Diego Zoo. Singer of novelty song welcomes hippopotamus to Oklahoma 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z A blue hippopotamus escaped the New York area, however, and the balloon was believed to be “soaring somewhere over the ocean.” The Mishaps and Milestones of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z They were most likely the ancestors of even-toed ungulates, like today’s cattle, llamas and hippopotamuses, as well as the cetaceans like whales and dolphins. After the Dinosaurs’ Demise, Many Mammals Seized the Day 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Other chapters spotlight the sloth, vulture, hippopotamus, panda, chimpanzee and others, and dismantle anthropocentric clichés with scientific, global evidence. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z But one unexpected victim of this barbaric practice is the humble hippopotamus. Fatal extraction: how demand for hippos’ teeth is threatening them with extinction 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z A lion curiously strolling through the savanna may tread a little more lightly the next time it encounters a hippopotamus. Watch What Happens When a Lion Startles a Hippo 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Pictures emerged of the former chairman showing off his spoils including a dead hippopotamus. Former Spanish bank chief found dead - BBC News 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z “A big hippopotamus with a sandwich in each hand, and some firewater tanked away,” Reagan wrote of one. The decline of the American teenager's summer job 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z They nourish an entire ecosystem — river fish, plants, microorganisms, hyenas, birds and even hippopotamuses. This river kills thousands of wildebeests — then gives life to everything else. 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z It is home to many animal species such as the spotted hyena, hippopotamus and the common genet, as well as several threatened species. UN Announces 23 New Nature Reserves While U.S. Removes 17 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Still, it's a massive amount of force — equivalent to the creature dropping a hippopotamus on its prey. How T. rex’s powerful bite crushed dino bones to a pulp 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z “Today, they are more seen as an indication of a person’s creativity. It’s not saying they’ve got a mental disorder because one person sees a hippopotamus and another person sees a naked woman,” said Taylor. Why do we see so many different things in Rorschach ink blots? 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z The law, which became effective in July 2016, imposed a near-total ban on the commercial trading of African elephant ivory, as well as teeth or tusks from hippopotamuses, mammoths, mastodons, walruses, warthogs, whales and narwhals. State authorities seize hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of illicit ivory in Los Angeles County 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Three thousand dollars later, Matilda arrived on Christmas Eve, a fitting gift for someone who would so enthusiastically declare, “No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses. I only like hippopotamuses. And hippopotamuses like me too.” Want a hippo for Christmas? The story of a girl who got one 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Or that people in her hometown of Oklahoma City would really raise the money to buy a 10-year-old girl a hippopotamus. Want a hippo for Christmas? The story of a girl who got one 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z It also began to bring in crowd-pleasers such as giraffes and hippopotamuses. Zoology: Animal crackers : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Victims eventually meet Anubis, Bast and Seth and then marvel at Ammit the devourer, a full-sized female demon with a crocodile face, a lion’s mane and hippopotamus body. Universal Orlando’s ‘Halloween Horror Nights 26’: Best haunted mazes 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Replace them with an elaborate contraption containing hippopotamus ivory, brass screws and human teeth so that you look slightly uncomfortable at all times. How Hillary Clinton can get that ‘presidential look’ 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z “Certainly not a hit as big as the hippopotamus song.” Want a hippo for Christmas? The story of a girl who got one 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z It is the consequence of what may be Ivory Coast's last chance save the most rapidly disappearing forest in Africa, home to endangered chimpanzees, forest elephants and the rare pygmy hippopotamus. Ivory Coast evicts thousands of cocoa farmers to save forests 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The correspondent described the ship as looking like a “dead hippopotamus.” Your Monday Briefing 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Obaysch: The first hippopotamus seen in the UK since prehistoric times created a sensation when he arrived at the zoo in the 1850s. How Guy the gorilla became the star of London Zoo - BBC News 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Ungainly as it is, the hippopotamus is the world's deadliest large land mammal, killing an estimated 500 people per year. What are the world's deadliest animals? - BBC News 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Postal Service commercial in which the post office boasts it ships more online gifts, hippopotamuses included, than anybody. Want a hippo for Christmas? The story of a girl who got one 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z “A wolf and a penguin could never live together, nor could a camel and a hippopotamus,” she says. “The Lobster” Snaps at Love 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Hudson says the zoo hopes to introduce two female Nile hippopotamuses and one male. Hippos returning to Dallas Zoo after 15-year absence 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z The sight of Trump in his natural environment has all the spirit and subtlety of a hippopotamus taking a mud bath. Las Vegas, the home of grotesque showmanship, is Trump's ideal stage 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Cannibalism is common in nature, occurring in hippopotamuses, tiger salamanders, sloth bears, and various other species. Exclusive Video: Polar Bear Cannibalizes Cub Soon after, however, Peevey left her hippopotamus behind, moving to California. Want a hippo for Christmas? The story of a girl who got one 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump and a hippopotamus, their mouths agape, alternate or share the screen, as a visual device resembles the bars of a cage. Group Backing John Kasich Likens Donald Trump to Hippo in New Ad 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The team also found that the new powders worked well for hippopotamus and sperm whale teeth and, to a lesser extent, raw rhino horn, which is more ridged than those other materials. New Powders Can Lift Poacher Prints from Ivory a Month after the Crime 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The pygmy hippopotamus, from the forests of West Africa, is listed on a list of threatened species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Rare pygmy hippo, a week old, dies at San Diego zoo 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Watching the green-and-brown desert blur over our heads and blue sky float below us — or was it above? — made about as much sense as a flying hippopotamus. I tried it: A stomach-churning ride with national aerobatics champion Kirby Chambliss 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z With an audience of visitors watching on, five-month-old baby hippopotamus Devi explores the pool at San Diego Zoo with her mother Funani. Baby hippo plays in San Diego Zoo pool 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Fish, hippopotamuses, and other animals produce chemicals that protect them from the sun's rays. How Do Some Animals Make Their Own Sunscreen? 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z I’d thought of writing about a rhinoceros, but the the play on the word "hippopotamus" was too good to resist. Exclusive cover reveal: Meet the hat master 'Hippopotamister' 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z In Australia, a pygmy hippopotamus calf was unveiled in June at Melbourne Zoo, the first to be born there since 1981. Rare pygmy hippo, a week old, dies at San Diego zoo 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z These details I can recall, although my priority at that moment was the search for hippopotamus backs glinting pewter in the sun. Into Canoeing? Try It on an African River Safari 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The woman turned out to be Rebecca Francis, winner of the 2010 reality show Extreme Huntress, whose website features a gallery of the animals she’s hunted – from hippopotami in Mozambique to moose in Alaska. Cecil the lion's killer joins long list of big game hunters skewered on social media 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z A lion expedition costs $23,000 and a hippopotamus expedition will set you back $9,400. Why Hunters of Big Game Believe They're the Real Conservationists 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Hippo cannot remain just a hippopotamus -- he must become a Hippopotamister. Exclusive cover reveal: Meet the hat master 'Hippopotamister' 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Compare that with present-day Africa, which is five times as large but supports only a handful of animals that big: elephants, giraffes, hippopotamuses, buffaloes and rhinoceroses. Utah’s ‘Grand Staircase’ Leads Back in Time to Dinosaur Shangri-La 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The luckier ones were recovered and returned to the zoo, including a hippopotamus subdued with a tranquilizer dart in front of a Swatch store. Escaped tiger from flooded Tbilisi zoo ‘is liquidated’ after it kills man 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z A hippopotamus was also cornered in one of the city's main squares and subdued with a tranquiliser gun. Georgia flood: 'Up to 20' missing as Tbilisi cleans up - BBC News 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Among the animals that fled the flooded zoo were lions, tigers, bears, wolves, a hippopotamus and one jaguar. Search on for people, zoo animals missing in Georgia flood 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Out of all the animals in a zoo, how did you decide on hippopotamus and red panda being the main characters? Exclusive cover reveal: Meet the hat master 'Hippopotamister' 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z One of the potentially most dangerous animals to escape, a hippopotamus, was tranquilized and returned to the zoo on Sunday. Search on for people, zoo animals missing in Georgia flood 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Images of an escaped hippopotamus being cornered in one of Tbilisi’s main squares after escaping from the city’s zoo have emerged, while other animals have been killed or remain at large. Zoo animals on the loose and deaths feared after Georgia floods 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z The size difference has been compared to that of a hippopotamus and a mouse. Next to Fairyflies, Ants Are Giants 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Some, including the hippopotamus, were tranquilized and returned to the zoo. Search on for people, zoo animals missing in Georgia flood 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Ivory is defined as the tooth or tusk from an elephant, hippopotamus, mammoth, narwhal, walrus, or whale. Rhino horn - considered cure-all and aphrodisiac - now more valuable than gold, diamonds and cocaine 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Like most hippopotamus moms, Funani was secretive and protective of her baby, keeping the calf hidden in vegetation in the enclosure's pool and using her own 4-ton body to block the baby from sight. It's a girl! Zoo finds baby hippo's gender after 7 weeks 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z The bill describes ivory as any animal’s tooth or tusk, including but not limited to those from an elephant, hippopotamus, narwhal, walrus or whale. Connecticut lawmakers grapple with ivory, rhino tusk ban 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Denver Zoo was mourning the death on Monday of Bertie, a 58-year-old male hippopotamus who was its longest resident and the oldest hippo accredited to a North American zoo, officials said. Denver Zoo mourns death of oldest hippo, 58-year-old 'Bertie' 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Out of a group of 74 large, terrestrial herbivores — from bison to rhinos to hippopotamuses — about 60 percent are on the fast-track to extinction. We’ve driven 60 percent of the Earth’s large herbivores to the brink of extinction — and entire ecosystems may pay the price 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z "For two years, I’ve tried to satisfy my great interior hunger with a diet that would satisfy a full-grown squirrel but did little to conquer the hippopotamus that lives within me," he wrote. Novelist Pat Conroy starts new chapter with opening of fitness gym 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z You will see the sprawling Gold's Gym mothership, and arms the size of hippopotamus legs, on your left. A lesson in up-to-date good taste at Gjusta in Venice 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z It will be the first baby hippopotamus born at the zoo. Ultrasound glimpse of hippo baby 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z On the advice of his doctor, who in 1964 diagnosed multiple allergies, Mr. Casper took up an unusual diet that included organic vegetables and a rotating menu of game meats, including bear, whale and hippopotamus. Billy Casper, Hall of Fame golfer who won three majors, dies at 83 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Tourists on safari got up close and personal with a hippopotamus. Watch a Hippo Chase a Boat Full of People on Safari 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Other finds include the tooth of an extinct animal that was similar to a hippopotamus, teeth from an extinct species of sea lion and 20 species of ancient sharks. Storms expose rare fossils on Pacific Coast beaches 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Other finds include the tooth of an extinct animal that was similar to a hippopotamus, and a bison tooth that lived about 5,000 years ago. Storms expose rare fossils on Pacific Coast beaches 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z A large wildlife sanctuary in Sierra Leone, the island is home to pygmy hippopotamuses, hundreds of bird species and several species of primates, including Campbell’s monkeys. Monkey See, Monkey Speak 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z They butchered the Cape buffaloes, hippopotamuses, warthogs and antelopes. In ‘A Window on Eternity,’ Edward. O. Wilson Finds a Paradise, but Says More Are Needed 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z The skull of a crocodile sat atop the generous hide of a hippopotamus, folded as neatly as a bed comforter and sprinkled with lime to suppress the odor. Overwhelmed U.S. port inspectors unable to keep up with illegal wildlife trade The brain of, say, any hippopotamus -- is a mass of tissue -- neurons and other stuff. In 'Cosmigraphics,' Our Changing Pictures of Space Through Time 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The financial services sector has become the hippopotamus of law buying. Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein, On The Evolution Of Legal Consumers 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z But in its clunking awkwardness it more closely resembles the pirouetting hippopotami in Walt Disney’s “Fantasia”. Dance of the powers 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Social media users are in an uproar after a teenage hunter from Texas posted photographs of herself with her kills — a range of African animals, including a lion, rhino, antelope, elephant, hippopotamus, zebra and leopard. Social media in uproar over teen hunter’s photos of killed animals 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Earlier the same year, news that a zoo restaurant served exotic animals including hippopotamus and kangaroos subjected the zoo to public ridicule. Sinosphere Blog: Zoo Teams Up to Highlight Animal Mistreatment at Shows 2014-04-03T05:21:30Z Only after 1804 the French anatomist Cuvier identified these giants as bones of previously unknown species of fossil elephants and hippopotami. Journeys to the Island(s) of Monsters 2013-08-08T22:45:16.377Z This hippopotamus statue in the capital, Bamako, is strewn with election poster including one for Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a former prime minister. Will Mali's poll bring unity and peace? 2013-07-26T00:17:02Z Others were attacked by hippopotamuses in the shallow waters, officials said. Massacre in Nigeria Spurs Outcry Over Military Tactics 2013-04-29T18:10:33Z Hume decided to use his land holdings as a game ranch and began stocking it with buffalo, antelope, hippopotamuses, giraffes, zebras, ostriches and white and black rhino. A business model to save the black rhino? 2013-03-15T14:30:00Z In some rural areas people said they were frightened after seeing crocodiles, snakes and even hippopotami inside flooded homes. Two million hit by Nigeria floods 2012-11-06T12:55:48Z If you were born in rural England in 1837 and never travelled more than a few miles from your home, you would have been surprisingly likely to see a hippopotamus before you died. When wild beasts roamed the UK 2012-11-05T10:51:48Z The club, whose mascot is a pink hippopotamus, started London 2012 wondering which of their number would win the 100th medal after reaching 99 in Beijing. Rowing: Leander set sights on Rio after 111th medal 2012-08-10T12:39:56Z The Copenhagen Zoo, he said, annually puts to death some 20 to 30 healthy exotic animals — gazelles, hippopotamuses, and on rare occasions even chimps. Zoos Divide Over Contraception and Euthanasia for Animals 2012-08-03T03:29:02Z In January the foot of a hippopotamus and 10 carved ivory ornaments were seized from a passenger arriving at Cardiff from Zambia via Amsterdam. Tourists warned as weapons seized 2012-08-02T12:53:10Z At best it sounded like a disgruntled flamingo; at worst an amorous hippopotamus. Straight Sets: With Granollers, the Volume Is Out of Control 2012-06-04T14:38:57Z You can develop your own setup from first principles once you know the punch line: “The squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the squaws on the other two hides.” Math Rules 2012-04-29T12:15:00.240Z Could you bring with you a pugilistic hippopotamus? Punch, or the London Charivari, December 2, 1893 2012-04-23T02:00:33.287Z Many of us may like occasionally to look at a hippopotamus or an elephant in the menagerie, or at the zoological gardens, but we don't want these specimens brought home to our private grounds. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Soon the hippopotamus came up from the water and sat in the corner of his cage, and the sparrow hopped over to a wire a little nearer. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z Here we see a bald-headed Pigmy hero riding triumphantly on a mighty crocodile, regardless of the open-mouthed, bellowing hippopotamus behind him. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z But the Australian bushman would not hesitate about putting a hippopotamus into harness. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z On the plinth, the accompaniments of the river,—the ibis, crocodile, hippopotamus, &c., are represented. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z As the canoe rounded each bend of the river, the crocodiles glided from the mud-banks and the hippopotami sank silently under the stream. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z "The hippopotamus who lived in the zoo had a very strange caller the other day," said daddy. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z The hippopotamus does not confine itself to rivers and lakes, but has been known to prefer the waters of the ocean as its home during the day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Bare rocky hills, cut by deep and dangerous ravines, alternated with stretches of long coarse grass and dense thorny scrub, impenetrable save by low tunnels made by roaming hippopotami. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Lions, tigers, elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotami, giraffes, bulls, stags, even crocodiles and serpents, were employed to give novelty to the spectacle. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z The name Hippo Pool was given because, immediately on their arrival, Edward Harden, who was leading, shot a hippopotamus which he found asleep upon the bank. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z An extensive whale-fishery was once carried on at Biariz, in the Gulf of Gascony; and the hippopotamus is no longer to be seen on the banks of the Nile. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z As among elephants, so also among hippopotamuses there are “rogues”—old bulls which have become soured in solitude, and are at all times dangerous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z He caught some fine fish in the rivers, and wished there had been time to follow up the hippopotamus tracks he discovered on the banks. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Here and there, in places where the river widened out, the travellers came upon herds of hippopotami disporting themselves in the shallows. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z The boys answered that they had come down-stream to shoot hippopotami for food. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z The hippopotamus introduced the practice of bleeding, and it is affirmed that the employment of enemata was shown by the ibis. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z For the ancestral genera of the hippopotamus line, see Artiodactyla. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z But it will be long before the lion, the rhinoceros, the hippopotamus and other more or less formidable neighbours cease to be factors with which the emigrant has to reckon. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z They stalked about the village, treating the people as their slaves; they seized the plumpest fowls and the choicest fruits; if any man resisted, they whipped him with a long whip of hippopotamus hide. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z The usual food of the Hottentots was milk, the flesh of the buffalo, hippopotamus, antelope or other game, and edible roots and bulbs or wild fruits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z These rivers are the haunts of the hippopotamus and the crocodile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z For example, a hippopotamus will sleep all day and graze in darkness at night except for a brief mid-afternoon interlude when it turns rambunctious. Fail-Proof Tips For Great Vacation Photos 2012-02-15T18:53:56Z Agla�, therefore, on the advent of the conciliatory marquise, made a pettish movement of studied impertinence, and yawned slowly in her face like a dyspeptic hippopotamus. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Armed only with a knife, he knew himself no match for a twenty-foot python; had he not seen a young hippopotamus strangled by a python no larger than this? Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z When a man killed his first elephant, hippopotamus or rhinoceros, similar marks were made on his body, and were regarded as insignia of honour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The theologian says that God armored the hippopotamus, covered his body, except the under part, with scales and plates, that other animals could not pierce with tooth or tusk. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z The fauna resembles that of other parts of the West Coast, but the larger wild animals, such as the elephant and hippopotamus, are rare. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z My field assistants became ambassadors for the pygmy hippopotamus, and helped to disseminate new findings to the communities. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z Just astern of the chief's canoe, between it and the shore, a huge hippopotamus, with jaws distended, showing his gleaming tusks, was swimming along in pursuit. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z In the second category must be placed a number of papers relating to the osteology of the Rhinoceros Indicus, the tapir, Hyrax Capensis, the hippopotamus, the sloths, the manatee, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z But the same God made the rhinoceros and supplied him with a horn on his nose, with which he disembowels the hippopotamus. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z In poisonous serpents also the Egyptians saw this destructive deity, and they brought the crocodile and hippopotamus into association with him. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z At the end of my first year of classes, I received an email about an endangered, elusive creature – the pygmy hippopotamus. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z A hippopotamus may be distanced by a canoe, but not by a man swimming. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z The correspondent Douglas Edwards, his nose against the window, described the Andrea Doria as “looking like a colorful but big and dead hippopotamus.” City Room: Cruise Ship Accident Stirs Thoughts of the Andrea Doria 2012-01-17T23:24:29Z After leaving this bay, they came in a short time to a river which was full of hippopotami. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Apopis, the serpent Apep; or standing on crocodiles with serpents in his hands; or as a winged sun's disk contending with a hippopotamus. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z While common hippos congregate in large social groups, the pygmy hippopotamus is rare, solitary and nocturnal; traits that make direct observation nearly impossible and survey methods more complex. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z He got up, envying his uncle, who was sound asleep, his snores vying with the distant roars of hippopotami in the river. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z And the stage lumbered after them like a green hippopotamus. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z That night they encamped in a dense jungle, which was found to be the home of the hippopotamus in the dry season. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z But our heroes were rewarded half-an-hour afterwards, by falling in with a quantity of hippopotami. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z I was also exploring methods to safely capture a pygmy hippopotamus and attach a radio tracking device. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z He had brought the heavy sporting rifle which had accounted for Imbono's enemy the hippopotamus in the river. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Did monstrous hippopotami come sidling towards you in the mist? Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z What little I have been able to learn of your son's death, amounts to this: On April 22d, he went out on the lake with Pocoke to shoot hippopotami, and all day enjoyed himself. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z He was as successful as he was brave, and he had the great good luck to meet a tiger, a young hippopotamus, and a boa constrictor. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z They have a more sloping profile and their feet are more splayed than the common hippopotamus, which allows them to quietly tunnel under dense vegetation through the forest. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z Yes, they are hippopotamuses; I can see them clearly now. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Meanwhile, Zingesi being tied up, two Portuguese soldiers, casting off their buff coats, and tucking up their sleeves, take each in hand a cruel whip of hippopotamus hide, and begin their task. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Her safety was of more consequence than all the hippopotami in Africa. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z If we take two animals of equal bulk, the hippopotamus and the elephant, we shall be far more interested in the elephant, because of the intelligence and what we call "character" which he displays. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z We soon began our first pit trap attempts to capture a pygmy hippopotamus. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z Mr Baylen now rode up and asked George whether he and his friend would like to take part in a hippopotamus hunt. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z We do not know the end of old buffaloes, elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotami, whales, and other monsters. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z That night they encamped at Lake Musunya, which swarmed with hippopotami. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z These natives believe in transmigration of the soul into animals; thus, the hippopotamus is believed to shelter the spirit of a chief. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z If the pit traps were successful in catching a pygmy hippopotamus, we would bring a wildlife veterinarian to Sierra Leone to help us anesthetize a hippo. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z If we can spare the time, we may have a hippopotamus hunt; there are few things that are better fun. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z The herds were attended by an immense number of the invariable rhinoceros birds, which on observing me did their best to spread alarm throughout the hippopotami. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z It is some three miles long by two wide, and is the abode of great numbers of hippopotami, while the buffalo, zebra, boar and antelope come here by night to quench their thirst. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Crocodiles and in fewer numbers manatees and otters frequent the rivers and lagoons and hippopotami are found in the Volta. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Although it was not a pygmy hippopotamus, it was a great animal to practice our pit trap method on. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z Your story—an adventure of your own, like the leap off the hippopotamus’s head, eh? Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Of a piece with this are the conditions of inter-glacial epochs in Europe, for example, when elephants and hippopotamuses, as well as many species of plants from low latitudes, were abundant. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Being obliged to halt here two days on account of the desertion of the cooper, with one of the carbines, Stanley explored the lake, and tried several shots at the lumbering hippopotami without effect. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Other playful pieces in the exhibit include a giant foam dolphin and hippopotamus; monumental, brightly painted mushroom sculptures; and a slowly turning Mirror Carousel with flashing lights. NYC museumgoers descend 3-story slide, float in pool (swimsuit optional) 2011-10-26T21:44:04Z The "log" was an enormous hippopotamus, floating motionless on the water, with only its snout and a small portion of its back showing above the surface. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Commandant Dooms, having threatened to expose the misdeeds of Lieutenant Massard before Europe, was shortly afterward declared to have been mysteriously drowned by a hippopotamus. The Crime of the Congo 2011-10-13T02:00:47.603Z The hippopotamus had wandered away southward to warmer climes, as animals now migrate over the continent of America in winter, and with him had gone the lion, the southern elephant, and other summer visitors. Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science 2011-10-03T02:00:33.003Z Looking southwards in the direction of Rydal, suddenly he becomes aware of a huge beast advancing at a long trot, with the heavy and thundering tread of a hippopotamus, along the public road. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z East Africa is rich in all kinds of antelope, and the elephant, rhinoceros and hippopotamus are still plentiful in parts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z They also caught lions, in nets, and hippopotami, in pits, and wild buffaloes, which they pursued with the huge hounds of the Cynamolgian hunters. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Then, armed with a lash of hippopotamus hide, similar to what we call a cow-hide, but more flexible, a black soldier, who is only required to be energetic and pitiless, flogs the victims. The Crime of the Congo 2011-10-13T02:00:47.603Z “What time does the last ferry go back, Captain?” asked Ben, of the old ferryman, whose face was as weather beaten and seamed as the hide of a hippopotamus. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z "Say," demanded Mr. Hydeman, "did you think I was going to take a hippopotamus with me?" The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Here he sailed over the sea in a ship of Arvad, and received presents from the terrified Pharaoh of Egypt which comprised a crocodile and a hippopotamus. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z And the natives showed them a fight between one of these boas and an elephant and a hippopotamus. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Perhaps he had some distant resemblance to a polar bear with a hide of feathers instead of hair, but his roaring was like the roaring of a hippopotamus. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z Shoals of turtle floated past, and hundreds of rainbow-coloured jelly-fishes, while, farther off, many large black bodies—the backs of hippopotami—moved on the surface of the water, or anon disappeared with a sullen plash. Medical Life in the Navy 2011-09-08T02:00:20.387Z In the great river itself sometimes small herds of hippopotami would appear, especially in parts where the water was shallow. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Texan saddles are not leather pads for riding domestic creatures, but thrones for ruling devils, and the bit would have broken the mouth of a hippopotamus. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The Norwich Crag Series, sometimes called the "Mammaliferous Crag," as at its base the bones of mastodon, elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, and some deer have been found. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z I must sit with the hippopotamus and worm his secret. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z When, for example, a child expects you to translate his sound "koppa" into "Tommy," or "pots" into "hippopotamus," it will be acknowledged that he is making heavy demands. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z He says moreover, that that sea is sweet to the taste, and that it contains monsters like the crocodiles and the hippopotami in the Nile. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Yet another hypothesis is offered by Mr. Le Page Renouf, and in the case of Set and the hippopotamus is shared by M. Maspero. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z It was a treat to hear Ogden hint; it was like a hippopotamus putting his paw out, or kicking a man down stairs. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z An effect similar in appearance to the whale's spout is produced by the breathing of the hippopotamus. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z With a slight blush and some hesitation the Rabbit laid it on the sand—it was big enough for a hippopotamus. Baby Jane's Mission 2011-07-03T02:00:10.693Z The fellow expressed his opinion that it was merely a hippopotamus, and the explanation being evidently satisfactory the men went aft once more. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The British Library project involves a selection of books published between 1700 and 1870, including feminist pamphlets about Queen Marie-Antoinette and an account of a stuffed hippopotamus owned by the Prince of Orange. Google signs up British Library to books project 2011-06-20T12:44:46Z Of all the myriad hosts of wonderful wild creatures that until lately populated these desert plains and mountains, only this one school of hippopotami and a few hundred springbuck survive. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z And in the salamander, beaver and hippopotamus a type of the amphibious animals of the early ages. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z As we returned we had to pass through the midst of the tremendous herd of hippopotami which I have mentioned. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z At first he thought them to be a pair of hippopotami, but as their relative distance seemed constant and there was no sign of propulsion, he reported the matter to the officer of the watch. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z To stimulate my anxiety to make its acquaintance I was handed the portrait of a beast, half hedgehog, half hippopotamus, out of whose somewhat human jaw dangled the legs of a small boy. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z One of the opposition shows was making a great feature of a pair of hippopotami, or river horses, from the Nile. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z One of the specials favors him with a rap on the head, that would astonish a hippopotamus. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z In the second book we continued our hunting, and met leopards, elephants, hippopotami, wild boars, great serpents, etc., etc. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z They were hippopotami, that literally swarmed in the turgid water. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The most notable vacancies in this order in the living fauna are the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, camel, giraffe, and elephant, although these are abundantly represented by fossil forms. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Of all fierce, ungovernable, lusty brutes, the hippopotamus with young is the very worst; and whenever we start off to get a baby 'hip' we calculate to come back with one or more men missing. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z As Atrios put it, "if Trig was sired by Lucifer and birthed from a hippopotamus it's really none of our business." Trig Trutherism: The definitive debunker 2011-04-22T11:01:00Z Not far from the island I could see huge hippopotami playing in the river, but we had taken it into our heads to come down the river and make a great haul of these crustace�. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z The river, teeming with hippopotami and crocodiles, offered too formidable an obstacle. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Another letter-writer, who said that they looked like “a cross between a hippopotamus and a cow,” dismissed them as “monstrosities.” City Room: In Honor of a Century of Patience and Fortitude 2011-04-21T11:30:37Z I know of one showman who paid $10,000 for a hippopotamus. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z Typhon, in the form of a hideous hippopotamus, stood behind Thoth in a corner of the hall, ready to devour their entrails. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z His allegiance to Apollo in Cockaigne is declared to have been changed to Bacchus in Tuscany, and his usual beverage of weak tea to a diet of wine on which he swills like a hippopotamus. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z He also pointed out the impracticability of escape, since the river was infested with hippopotami, and the forests with fierce animals. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Mr. Passmore rubbed his hands in evident enjoyment of his own joke, and laughed his peculiar, explosive laugh, which reminded his hearers of the snort of a hippopotamus rapidly repeated. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z To Mr. George F. Bailey must also be given the credit of devising a tank on wheels in which could be exhibited the hippopotamus. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z Not far off was the hippopotamus, which Brugsch would identify with Draco; while among other constellations were to be found the Lion and the Horus-hawk, as well as a warrior armed with a spear. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The kangaroo stood up to his belly in water, whilst the hippopotamus, with wide-open jaws, snapped at him right and left. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z Four thousand priests, with their heads shaved, were each mounted upon a hippopotamus. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z They have just extracted the fortieth skeleton of hippopotamus; have got about twenty elephants, one or two mastodons, a rhinoceros and stags, and oxen out of number.... Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z One specially funny caricature of Sir Joshua Reynolds’s “Age of Innocence” represents a baby hippopotamus smiling serenely under a tree not half big enough to shade him. Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z Then the enemies of Ra entered the water: they changed themselves into crocodiles and hippopotamuses. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z However, the kangaroo managed to ‘get in’ a good right and left with his front legs, and scratched the hippopotamus in the face tremendously. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z Bridles are manufactured of the skin of the hippopotamus, with which the rivers teem, and numbers of them are slain by the wandering Wáto. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Let’s call it a hippopotamus, and see how he’ll tie his pretty little tongue in a knot, bless him! a-trying to say it when he wakes. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z Pieces of the skin of a hippopotamus, wherever they are buried, keep off storms. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z When the crocodiles and hippopotamuses came up to him, they opened their jaws in order to destroy the Majesty of Harmakhis. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The vast number of hippopotamuses implies that the physical condition of the country was different from what it is at present. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z The river is said to take its source in the distant provinces of Bédee Yédee and Goma, and below the cataracts abounds in hippopotami, which are much hunted by the natives. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z This singular animal combined all the chief qualities of a hippopotamus and a mouse. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z But their heavily wrinkled mug - Livingston calls it a "hippopotamus face" - sure gets attention. Wrinkle at Westminster, top dog up for grabs 2011-02-15T18:01:21Z The hippopotamus is a most peculiar, unwieldy animal, found only in Africa. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Like a hippopotamus emerging from a pool, Boelke reared upward; the table, at a thrust from his hand, reeled groggily on its frail legs and then volplaned, shooting its contents over the marble floor. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Subsisting entirely by the chase, they wander from lake to lake and from river to river, destroying the hippopotamus, upon the flesh of which animal they chiefly live—whereas no other heathen will touch it. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Still, the close relationship of the existing Liberian pigmy hippopotamus to the fossil Mediterranean species is significant, in relation to the foregoing observations on the elephant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z It does not matter whether they are thin-skinned literary critics or the hippopotami of sociology. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Until quite recently but one variety of the hippopotamus was known in Africa. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It is a magnificent but painful hippopotamus resolved at any cost, even at the cost of its dignity, upon picking up a pea which has got into a corner of its den. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z Her only son Gomárra, “the hippopotamus,” still a youth, leads the army into the field; but she often proceeds with the troops in person, and invariably plans the expedition. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z With heads raised on high, the hippopotami responded to all this in loud snorts, groans, and bellowing, more in astonishment than alarm. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Today’s largest land-based mammals, elephants, rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses, are all mainly herbivorous, just as the largest dinosaurs were. Observatory: Mammal Growth Spurt After Dinosaurs Died 2010-11-30T05:10:00Z It is said, also, to differ from the common hippopotamus and from all fossil specimens in having only two incisors, instead of four, in the lower jaw. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Their leader, Andries Pretorius, cleverly selected a place to camp that was protected by a steep ravine and the Ncome River, which broadened at that spot into a deep hippopotamus pool. Pretoria Journal: Holiday of White Conquest Persists in South Africa 2009-12-17T11:14:00Z Steep shelving walls strewed with shells and the reliquiae of hippopotami, environed this singular basin, which appeared to be fathomless, and to measure a mile and a half in circumference. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Let the reader imagine a month to have elapsed since our migrant graziers—for the time turned hippopotamus hunters—pitched their camp on the river islet. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Connecticut police say a man stole an American flag from Waterbury's Town Plot Park and hoisted a stuffed hippopotamus toy in its place. Police: Conn. Man Stole Flag, Put Up Hippo Toy 2010-09-24T16:42:00Z The common hippopotamus is one of the largest of all living animals. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Hofer suggests the imagery: His gun side-locks are decorated with everything from bare-breasted Dianas to scenes from a Rubens painting of a hippopotamus hunt. Guns as Fine Art 2010-07-29T21:00:00Z Repairing to the margin of the lake, the freckled pink sides of a defunct hippopotamus were to be seen high above the surface, as the distended carcass floated like a monstrous buoy at anchor. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The thick layer of fat immediately under the skin of the hippopotamus is esteemed a delicacy by the Boers, who call it, when salted and cured, Zeekoe-speck, or bacon. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z "But such pedantry is frowned upon in common usage, so we are stuck with the equally accepted hippopotamuses and hippopotami." South Africa v Mexico - live! 2010-06-11T13:12:00Z Like the elephant, the hippopotamus can be tamed. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The hippopotamus, which is native to Africa, is one of the heaviest land animals. 2010-01-13T10:49:00Z Crocodiles and two kinds of hippopotami, the ordinary and a pygmy variety, are found in the rivers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" With marksmen skilled as they, misses were rare; and the crack of a gun might be taken as sounding the death-knell of a hippopotamus. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z The plural of hippopotamus is hippopotami, because it's a Latin word ending in -us. South Africa v Mexico - live! 2010-06-11T13:12:00Z Like the elephant and the hippopotamus it belongs to the thick-skinned animals. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It is generally formed of a strip of hippopotamus' hide, hammered into a round shape; and this kind is called a "kurbáj." The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments The background is that vast land of the elephant, the crocodile, and the hippopotamus, where solitary Englishmen are loyally serving their country and civilisation without vainglory or hope of reward. A Blot on the Scutcheon It might be buffalo, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus; but, judging from the volume of sound, more likely an elephant. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z The valley between Incisa and Arezzo contains accumulations of fossil bones of the deer, elephant, rhinoceros, mastodon, hippopotamus, bear, tiger, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The rhinoceros, like the hippopotamus, is hunted for its flesh, which is used as food by the natives, though it is not as highly prized as that of the hippopotamus. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The rhinoceros, hippopotamus, tapir, and musk, he classes as anomalous. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Lions roared and elephants trumpeted, and in the papyrus beds, beneath the low bluff on which our tents stood, hippopotamus bellowed and blew like the exhaust-pipes of huge steam-engines. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open The wild animals include the elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, lion, hippopotamus, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli It is noteworthy, however, that in some instances there appears to have been a retrograde modification from the selenodont towards the bunodont type, the hippopotamus being a case in point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The hippopotamus, like the elephant, belongs to the family of thick-skinned animals. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z His account of the hippopotamus, however, is inaccurate in almost every particular. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The earlier ones were contemporaries of the hippopotamus and of not only the lion but the sabretooth. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open It abounds with fish, and its shores are infested with crocodiles and hippopotami. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Dr. Andrew Leith Adams, a distinguished English surgeon and naturalist, who resided for a period of several years in Malta, found fossil bones and teeth of hippopotami in various parts of the group. The Story of Malta These fishing outfits were used not only to catch the gigantic fish, of two hundred pounds or more, which abound in the lake, but also the hippopotamus and the crocodile. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The hippopotamus, absurd and bland— Oh, how God must have laughed when first He saw These great jests breathe and love and walk about; And how the heavens must have echoed him... Challenge A century ago the hippopotamus was found in the temperate Cape Colony, close to mountain ranges climatically fit for the typical beasts of north-temperate Eurasia. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open I know our swamp as a hippopotamus might, or—to stick to plain Yankee creatures—a mud turtle. The Jonathan Papers There were in those days hog-like animals intermediate between the hogs and the hippopotami. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight The domestic animals are mostly of an inferior order; but of the wild animals we find an abundance, as elephants, hippopotamuses, monkeys, lions, leopards, together with crocodiles, serpents, and parrots. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Blake had turned his back on her, and was staring moodily at the hippopotamus trail, when Winthrope hobbled around and sat down on the palm trunk beside him. Into the Primitive The giraffe through this period was purely African; the hippopotamus has retreated to Africa, although in the period we are considering its range extended to Eurasia. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Lions, giraffes, elephants, hyenas, crocodiles, hippopotami, antelopes, gazelles and ostriches are found. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" I hear from my brother-in-law in the Zoological Gardens, that you are always pelting away into the Regent's Park, by thousands, to see the hippopotamus. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. The neck of the hippopotamus is short and thick, while the head is very large. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z “But hippopotami are not carnivorous–they’re not at all dangerous, unless one wounds them, out in the water.” Into the Primitive The rhinoceroses have a pond in which to stand in the mud, and the hippopotami may sport as in their native rivers. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands “They are the hippopotamuses Kobo told us of,” said Nick. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa The blue-glazed hippopotami of this period, with the reeds and water-plants in purplish black upon their bodies to indicate their habitat, are well known. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" It is no unfrequent thing to see the mother hippopotamus swimming across a stream with her little one clinging to her back. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The foremost hippopotamus was headed directly for him. Into the Primitive He seems to take to hippopotamuses and elephants and things big. Living Up to Billy It was common enough, he told them, in the neighbourhood of the haunts of the hippopotamus. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa The hippopotamus, for example, is now only met with where the temperature of the water is warm and nearly uniform throughout the year, and 76where the rivers are never frozen over. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology By nature the hippopotamus is rather an inoffensive animal. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Swinging his club on his shoulder, he started for the 75 break in the jungle which marked the hippopotamus path. Into the Primitive Now and again she saw the snout of a hippopotamus, with its beadlike eyes, watching them, and noted that the banks were scored by their massive feet. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith This string came into contact with the feet of the hippopotamus, which, in walking, shambles along, scarcely raising its legs from the ground. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa It looks so powerful because of its superficiality,—as does a hippopotamus which is very little else but physical. The Spirit of Japan Africa, as if to make up for the hideousness of the rhinoceros and hippopotamus, can lay claim to being the birthplace of the beautifully striped zebras. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z She waited a few moments to see if the hippopotami would attack Blake. Into the Primitive There was every kind of animal, from wild dogs and porcupines to elephants and hippopotami. Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 The string being in this manner broken, the heavy beam instantly falls, usually striking the hippopotamus in the back, and penetrating the vitals. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa "I can scarcely tell you; I only saw her for a moment, and then that Hibernian hippopotamus, Mrs. Paul, so completely overshadowed her, there was no getting a look at her." Jack Hinton The Guardsman A huge hippopotamus charged the canoe, and struck the bottom of it with such tremendous force as nearly to throw the crew out of it. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Lions may be met, deer of numerous kinds, giraffes, hippopotami, crocodiles, and many other animals, not to mention an occasional gallop after ostriches. The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars For some time the wounded hippopotamus remained master of the field, and no enemy appearing in sight, he sank, uttering a horrible bellow as he disappeared out of sight. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa She was followed instantly by the rest of the crew, who, seizing the cord, held it fast with their united strength to prevent the escape of the hippopotamus. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa A hippopotamus or two blew in the distance; sluggish crocodiles floated, log-like yet watchful, in middle stream. Tales of South Africa Often numerous hippopotami may be seen resting in its depths, their ugly noses barely showing above the surface. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z He says that he often meets with lions, hippopotami, and sometimes elephants—sometimes they meet with hostile natives.” The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars All these headlands and lowlands, head-capes, and far in-reaching bays and creeks, where sported the hippopotami, and lazily floated the crocodile in his enormous length—yea, all were beautiful. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa The hippopotamus had risen again, and with its great red mouth open, dashed in fury at the leading canoe. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Of these one is situated close to the bank of the White Nile, and its roof is ornamented with two gigantic hippopotamus heads. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Crocodiles abound in these waters, as well as the hippopotami, or river horses. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z In the papyrus marshes the hippopotamus was slain with harpoons, the wild boar, too, was probably hunted, and the sportsman brought down wild-fowl with the boomerang, or speared or angled for fish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Dost thou call the roar of the mamba, or the bellow of the hippopotamus, or the screaming cry of the quagga, or the shrill neigh of the zebra, singing? My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa “Why, I mean if you were to run away, as you did from the hippopotamus.” The Ruined Cities of Zululand The individual sentenced has to lie prone on the ground, supporting his head with his hands, while two slaves take it in turns to belabour him with whips made of hippopotamus hide. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 The men arm themselves with lances, and shields made from the tough hide of the hippopotamus. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The crocodile is no longer found in Egypt, nor the hippopotamus, in ancient days a frequenter of the Nile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The hippopotamus is very apt to cut a man in two if he catches him. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa As they neared the bank, a huge hippopotamus rose to the surface, and with a shout, the how man in the nearest canoe made his cast. The Ruined Cities of Zululand A Macacus still lingers in Europe, though the elephants and hippopotamuses have long deserted us. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series Here are found the giraffe, the gigantic wild boar, the clumsy hippopotamus, and the rhinoceros. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z With these have been unearthed the bones of the cave bear, cave lion, cave hyena, giant stag, and early types of the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and elephant, which Paleolithic man fought and hunted. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The hippopotamus has four equal toes on each foot, inclosed in hoofs. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa This, too, was impossible; and Wyzinski was in the act of explaining why, when a loud clamour was heard among the natives, who were busy on the sandy bank below cutting up the hippopotamus. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Through the greenwood shades of the forests of oak wandered hippopotamuses and rhinoceroses of several kinds, the long-tusked mammoth, and two or three species of horses. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series Wild horses and wild cattle, one or two of great size, roamed the woods, while rhinos and the hippopotamus kept near the water-courses. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place We were walking in the zoo, And all the animals looked at us; The bear and the hippopotamus, And quite a few Lions and wolves and a yak and a gnu. A Little Freckled Person A Book of Child Verse The name of this enormous and apparently unwieldy animal, by which he is known to us, is hippopotamus, from the Greek words—hippos, a horse; potamos, a river. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa Again the hippopotamus rose, and this time the assegai struck true. The Ruined Cities of Zululand On the last occasion that I visited him he was preparing for a hunt against the hippopotami, which were in a lake near his kraal. The White Chief of the Caffres The crocodile is very wise, He lives in the Nile with little eyes, He eats the hippopotamus too, And if he could he would eat up you. The Wouldbegoods There were large numbers of waterbirds, and occasional herds of hippopotami. Black Man's Burden You can feed the monkeys, and tickle the hippopotamus, if you like. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son The hippopotami and rhinoceros were often met with on the river banks. The Ruined Cities of Zululand A rope made of grass was fastened to the iron, so that if two spears stuck in the hippopotamus he could be held by several men pulling in opposite directions. The White Chief of the Caffres Some time ago it was a hippopotamus, who made all London run after him. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Cover the coast belt with rank yellow grass; dot here and there a palm; scatter through it a few demoralized villages; and stock it with the leopard, the hyena, the crocodile, and the hippopotamus. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 When talking to a wise friend a while ago I told her of the feeling of horror which had invaded me when watching a hippopotamus. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time No one of the party ever after this attempted any trifling with the hippopotami. The Ruined Cities of Zululand The hippopotamus is the fattest animal in Africa, three fingers thick of fat covering his flesh. The White Chief of the Caffres But, who knows, but what we shall see them next season among the 'lions' of the Gardens, and eclipsing in interest even the vivarium and the hippopotamus? Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The skin of the hippopotamus makes one both light and severe. Maids Wives and Bachelors Indeed," said she, "you do not need to go to the hippopotamus for a sensation. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Seated the same night, after the adventure with the hippopotamus, round the camp fire, near the banks of the Quissanga river, Wyzinski was laughing at the morning’s adventure. The Ruined Cities of Zululand The fact of the hippopotamus having lived at 54� N. Lat. in England immediately after the glacial period seems quite inconsistent with a mere gradual amelioration of climate from that time till the present day. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras |
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