Imagine my surprise when I learned that hippos are now considered an invasive species! We are all used to thinking of hippos as endangered animals – how could they possibly be invasive? Turns out, this is only a problem in the South American jungle country of Colombia, and only on the estate of the late [...]
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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 [...]
September 20, 2008 by Hippo Honcho · Leave a Comment
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Social Tagging: Video • Wild Hippos
Filed under: Hippos on the Loose
Social Tagging: Video • Wild Hippos
So for some reason this guy named Brady Barr, who has his own show on the National Geographic Channel, decides to dress up like a hippo and infiltrate a herd of same in order to swipe some sweat off their bodies, all in the name of research. Apparently scientists are interested in analyzing hippo sweat [...]
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