hippopotamus

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A $31.4 million bar cart shaped like a hippopotamus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Researchers examined numerous hippopotamus fossils using both genetic and radiocarbon dating methods.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2025

Yang has been known to portray the iceberg that sank the Titanic or the adorable Thai pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2024

This week she made her international television debut after a crew from the All-Nippon News Network, a Japanese TV station, visited the zoo to film a report on the hippopotamus superstar.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024

Not long after, the hippopotamus wagon pulls up beside Rosie, drawn by six highly doubtful Percherons.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen