The Happy Hippo Sandwich Shop at 5776 Broadway in Sacramento, California, is for sale! No, they don’t serve hippopotamus sandwiches, just the regular cow, turkey, and chicken varieties. Hmm, why is it okay to eat cute little lambs and sheep but not hippos? Not that I want to eat a hippo, mind you, but it’s [...]
Archive for February, 2009
One of the things we decided early on when we were brainstorming about starting up Hippo Mojo was that we wanted to donate a percentage of our profits to charity, specifically to an organization that helps hippos, whether in the wild or in captivity. We had no idea how much to donate but we Googled [...]
YouTube is a continual source of wonder and amusement for me. How do people come up with these things???!!! This video features an animated hippo and Manfred Mann’s song, “Pretty Flamingo.” Who knew the flamingo was actually a hippo? Enjoy!
Some of the most amazing hippo pottery that I have ever seen is created by British expatriate Jennifer Robinson. Jen “The Hippopottermiss”, who lives in the Brittany region of northwestern France, spends her days creating whimsical animal figurines and has a special fondness for hippos. Jen started potting in 1979 after spending her childhood making [...]
Officials at the zoo in Sapucaia do Sol in Brazil threw a birthday bash for two young hippo twins who were turning a year old last October. Hippo twins Poliana and Policarpo are the first hippo twins ever to survive in a Brazilian zoo. Hippo twins are rare and usually fatal for one of them, [...]
What would compel a young hippo to leave his family and the pure, clean water of his birthland to travel to a stinky and bacteria-laden sewage plant and set up camp? A bout of father-son conflict and teenage angst – what else! That’s right, a young male hippo has claimed the swamps of the Cape [...]
Primrose the hippopotamus and her two daughters, Tulip and six-month-old Lotus, have made themselves at home in their new habitat at the Werribee Open Range Zoo. The new habitat, featuring a string of pools containing 5 million litres of water, is inspired by the Okavango Delta highland area in Botswana. The new development, built around [...]
Speaking of hippos as mascots, it turns out that George Washington University also claims the hippo as its mascot. Well, unofficial mascot, to be precise. Apparently the university hasn’t declared our tubby friend officially. It seems that something is going on behind the scenes – school administrators are a bit lukewarm toward the hippo and [...]
February 18, 2009 by Hippo Honcho · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Places to Go
Social Tagging: Hutto • Video
Filed under: Places to Go
Social Tagging: Hutto • Video
Little Hutto, Texas, population 17,000, is a town replete with hippos. Not real ones, mind you, but every variety of inanimate hippo possible. That’s right, the hippo is Hutto’s official town mascot. Why would a town that has no real hippos take on a hippo as their mascot? Well, apparently, some years back, a hippo [...]
February 17, 2009 by Hippo Honcho · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Hippos on the Loose
Social Tagging: Gorongosa • Video
Filed under: Hippos on the Loose
Social Tagging: Gorongosa • Video
You’ve probably never heard the name Greg Carr, unless you happened to tune in to the 60 Minutes episode that aired on October 27, 2008. Carr, the multi-millionaire entrepreneur who invented Voicemail, is on a quest to save hippos (and other animals) at Gorongosa National Park. His non-profit organization, the Gregory C. Carr Foundation, is [...]
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