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considernature · 2 months
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Move over Valentine's Day, it's time for World Hippo Day!
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There are only two species of hippo left on Earth, though there were once many more. These incredibly-unique and adorably deadly species are in serious need of conservation attention!
If you want to learn more about the pygmy Hippo, the smaller and lesser-known cousin of the famous river hippo, you can check out my article on them below!
Image alt text: a baby pygmy hippopotamus standing below its mother, looking like a fusion between a pug and a rubber marshmallow.
Image credit: Sander van der Wel under CC BY-SA 2.0.
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moonbeams-in-a-jar · 3 months
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Animals + family
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nobrashfestivity · 5 months
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Hippopotamus figurine
Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Late Dynasty 12–13
ca. 1850–1700 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Tomb of Senwosret
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jellycatstuffies · 2 months
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Smudge Hippo
"The widest smile on the savannah!"
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happifying-things · 1 year
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Mother Hippo teaches her baby to swim.
📷 from Gainsborough-Smythe
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alwaysbewoke · 2 months
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wayward-delver · 2 years
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You can feel the power of a Bull Hippo just watching this, the most dangerous mammal in the world.
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They aren’t fat at all, that’s all pure muscle! They cannot float, they just run along the bottom of the water!
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antiqueanimals · 1 month
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Hippopotami by Cuthbert Edmund Swan. From Wild Beasts of the World, Vol. Two. Written by Frank Finn, published in 1909.
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shiftythrifting · 17 days
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milk459 · 1 year
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Ace Hippos :D 💜🖤🤍
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marlynnofmany · 11 days
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Shadow creatures seem to usually be cats, or maybe birds, things that can move about like patches of stealthy blackness. But it would be really interesting to find one that was a different animal, something you might not expect to be stealthy.
Shadow hippopotamus, jaws wide as the sky! Commence pants-wetting.
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nobrashfestivity · 1 month
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Various artists, Small animal figurines
Early Dynastic Period, ca. 3100–2649 B.C.
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taxonomytournament · 2 months
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Taxonomy Tournament: Mammals
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Ruminantia. This suborder of even-toed ungulates gets nutrients from plant material by fermenting it in a specialised stomach. It includes cattle, yak, deer, sheep, goats, giraffes, and antelopes.
Whippomorpha. This suborder of even-toed ungulates have for the most part lost their toes, becoming dolphins and whales. It also includes hippos.
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unbfacts · 7 months
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jellycatstuffies · 9 months
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Myrtle Hippopotamus
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