Pygmy hippo Chico of the Heythrop Zoological Gardens in the UK has been off his feed lately. Zookeepers at the private zoo in Oxfordshire don’t know why Chico stopped eating, but they have learned how to get him to start again. A glove puppet of the hippo Gloria from the film Madagascar does the trick. [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Ever wonder how the world looks through the eyes of a hippo? “I’m Lu the Hippopotamus” is the “true” story of the one and only hippo that resides at the Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park. A holdover from the days when the park featured exotic animals, Lu was a movie star who became a popular [...]
Well, that headline got your attention, didn’t it? The media has been all over this story in recent months, making little Farasi so well known he was voted Swiss of the Year for 2008. Here’s the lowdown. A baby hippopotamus was born in the space-challenged Basel Zoo in Switzerland last November. Normally, the birth of [...]
March 26, 2009 by Hippo Honcho · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Hippos on the Loose
Social Tagging: Hippos
Filed under: Hippos on the Loose
Social Tagging: Hippos
Hippo sweat sounds really kind of gross. I’ve never seen any close-up and in person (unlike Brady Barr), but I understand that it is reddish-orange in color and resembles blood. It’s not even really sweat, but a liquid that exudes from large and deep pores in the hippo’s skin that blocks ultraviolet light and microbial [...]
The all new Fat Hippo restaurant opened up at 71 Clinton in New York City. It has a cool, clean vibe and a reasonably priced menu, but no liquor license yet. You can find out more at NYmag.com, at Who Ate the Big Apple? or by calling the restaurant at 212-228-0994. If you are a [...]
I have to say I wasn’t sure about buying these little guys, but they are selling out quickly! Maybe other people find them as cute as I do! They come in a set of six and are dressed for going to the beach to snorkle, sunbathe, dig, and sightsee and are reasonably priced at $6.95 [...]
If you pay attention at all to news of the hippo world, you have certainly heard of Jessica the pet hippo. Found washed up as a baby by a South African family over 7 years ago, Jessica has been fed and pampered ever since. She is even allowed into the house and can open the [...]
Hippos and crocodiles are death walking to humans (or should I say death stomping and slithering?), but neither of these ferocious creatures seems to mind the other, at least in this video: Here the crocodiles carry on with whatever crocs do in their little croc world, completely ignoring the nosy, licking, salivating hippos. How ’bout [...]
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