Someone sent me this cartoon as an email attachment. I never had this game as a child but my son enjoys it very much! For the one or two of you who have never seen it, the four hippos sit facing each other and try to snatch marbles into their mouths. It’s great fun for [...]
Archive for December, 2008
December 31, 2008 by Hippo Honcho · 1 Comment
Filed under: Hippolarious
Social Tagging: Cartoons • Games • Video
Filed under: Hippolarious
Social Tagging: Cartoons • Games • Video
We just got in the most adorable little notecards, made especially for Hippo Mojo by Sally Tiffan Cards. Yup, we know these were not available in time for Christmas gift giving, but think of all those birthdays to come in the year ahead! These mini notecards would be great for adorning a beautifully wrapped birthday [...]
We just got in the cutest little doll slippers in the shape of hippos! I’m told these fit all sorts of dolls from Barbies to Blythe. Click here to indulge your doll today!
December 26, 2008 by Hippo Honcho · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Zoo Watch
Social Tagging: Baby hippos • Marwell Zoo • Video
Filed under: Zoo Watch
Social Tagging: Baby hippos • Marwell Zoo • Video
Marwell Zoo in the UK welcomes little baby hippo Lola to their welcoming home. Here are a couple of YouTube videos of her: Here’s a great article on little Lola: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1092810/Pictured-The-rare-baby-hippo-taking-wobbly-steps-watchful-eye-mother.html. And a link to the zoo website: http://www.marwell.org.uk/Lolaname.asp
December 23, 2008 by Hippo Honcho · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Zoo Watch
Social Tagging: Baby hippos • Video
Filed under: Zoo Watch
Social Tagging: Baby hippos • Video
Hippo fans across the world celebrate the birth of baby hippo Paula at the Berlin Zoo. 33-year-old mom Kathi is doing well after the birth of her second hippo calf at the end of November. Here is a link to an article about the birth with great pictures and video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1096345/VIDEO-Big-mamma-hippo-shows-adorable-new-calf-Paula-taking-swim.html. And a video from [...]
A grumpy hippo wasn’t happy about a canoe passing through his waterway, so he rammed it from below, capsizing the homemade boat and dumping its occupants into the Niger River in Guinea. The three men, British scout leaders, escaped to dry land, abandoning their gear and the rest of their 2,500 mile journey. Oh, except [...]
December 19, 2008 by Hippo Honcho · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Goods & Sundry
Social Tagging: Christmas
Filed under: Goods & Sundry
Social Tagging: Christmas
Wow! Our Singing & Dancing Hippos came and went like a slippery hippo in mud. Thanks to everyone who purchased one of these funny girls. They rotate and sing an excerpt from “I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas” by Gayla Peevey. They were so popular that we’ve placed an order for more! Click here to [...]
This press release from FedEx shows you just how far that company is willing to go for a hippo in need. December 13, 2002 FedEx Express Does “Whatever It Takes” to deliver Hippo just in time for Christmas FedEx offers its network and expertise to transport hippo from Basel Zoo, Switzerland to Dublin Zoo, Ireland [...]
December 6, 2008 by Hippo Honcho · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Zoo Watch
Social Tagging: Baby hippos • Video
Filed under: Zoo Watch
Social Tagging: Baby hippos • Video
Okay, put this baby pygmy hippo on my Christmas list. Her name is Monifa (meaning ‘I am lucky’ in Nigerian) and she is a cute little bundle of joy. She had a difficult birth and her weak state and subsequent rejection by her mother prompted zoo caretakers to hand raise her. Here is her debut [...]
Every hippo lover goes mad for the song, “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.” This cute tune was written in 1950 by John Rox and became popular three years later when ten-year-old Oklahoma native Gayla Peevey sang the song as a way to raise money for the Oklahoma City Zoo’s first hippopotamus. In December of [...]
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