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

An "incredibly rare" female baby hippopotamus has been born at Edinburgh Zoo.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

As well picture a block of granite wafting like a feather, or a hippopotamus slithering like a cat.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw