Our hippo trinket boxes have been selling well and we’ve reordered them. These make great gift items for your favorite hippo collector! The box shown here has been one of the favorites. This fantastic pewter trinket box is hand painted and adorned with inlaid Swarovski crystals, making it a high quality collectible. It comes in [...]
Archive for February, 2009
A hippopotamus has swallowed a dwarf in a circus accident in northern Thailand. “A dwarf, nicknamed Od, died when he bounced sideways from a trampoline and was swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus, which was waiting to appear in the next act,” the Pattaya Mail reported. “Vets on the scene said Hilda the Hippo had a [...]
The Surabaya Zoo in Indonesia welcomed a new baby hippo to the zoo family on Sunday, February 1, 2009. Named Mardiyah, the female hippopotamus weighed just 25 kilograms at birth. Her mother, Agustin, is helping her learn to walk and is getting her accustomed to her enclosure at the zoo. You can see a picture [...]
Does anyone play the game at SecondLife.com? I’ve heard of this game several times over the past year, but it wasn’t until I found out that they are hippo-friendly that I decided to check it out. Here’s how they describe themselves: “Second Life is a free online virtual world imagined and created by its Residents. [...]
I’ve always loved folktales, but surprisingly had never heard any hippo stories until recently. Well, maybe not so surprising, since I grew up in America where there are no free-ranging hippos whatsoever and not even any American folktales, now that I think of it. I guess early Americans were too busy fighting the Brits and [...]
Call us crazy, but when we see a good thing, we go for it. So when we had an opportunity to buy out Dunroven House’s remaining hippo inventory, we jumped on it! All the items are soft to the touch and come in soothing tans, creams, and blues, like this guy: Isn’t he the cutest? [...]
A hippopotamus walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a beer. “That will be $7.50 please” says the bartender. So the hippo gives the bartender his money and starts to sip his beer. “You know we don’t very many hippos in here” mutters the bartender. The hippo replies, “At these prices it’s no [...]
If you live in England, you could have a cool hippo cake just like this one for your next birthday party or social event. It’s made by a member of the British Sugarcraft Guild and depicts a cute hippo in a bathtub with frothy soap bubbles spilling over the edge. The detail is amazing! The [...]
This from ContactMusic.com: “Rocker Tom Morello has a soft spot for hippos – he adopted one as a kid and visited the beast at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, Illinois up until its death recently. The Rage Against The Machine star cherishes a photo he has of Hansel the Hippopotamus, because it reminds him of the [...]
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