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Fact Check: Are Hippos Too Dense To Swim?
Snopes via Yahoo News· 9 months agodesignerpoint/Pixabay Claim: Hippopotamuses are too dense to swim or float. Rating: The word "hippopotamus" was derived from the Greek language, in which...
Do hippos swim? Get to know more about the river horse's aquatic skills.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe hippopotamus, commonly called "hippo," is the third-largest living land animal. Male hippos can...
Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" lurk near school, enter playground
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn their homeland in Africa, they are responsible for more human deaths than almost any other...
A surprise hippo pregnancy? Hippopotamus at the Cincinnati Zoo welcomes baby, despite being on birth...
Yahoo Life Pop Culture via AOL· 2 years agoBibi, a hippopotamus at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, gave birth on August 3. (Photo:...
Losing hippos could throw entire ecosystems out of balance. Here's how we can still save them
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHippopotamus Getty Images/USO The hippopotamus, often simply referred to as a hippo, is a creature...
Nicholas Goldberg: No partying with hippopotamuses, and other obscure L.A. laws
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIt is illegal in Los Angeles to display a hippopotamus at a loud or unruly house party. (John...
Fact Check: True Story of a South African Farmer Killed by a Wild Hippopotamus He Rescued
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 days agoanon_nonapplicable/Reddit Claim: A man in South Africa who rescued a baby hippo and raised it died...
From 'Rudolph' to 'Frosty,' these 5 classic Christmas songs have surprising Oklahoma ties
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFrom red-nosed reindeer to parading snowmen and even wish-list hippopotamuses, many of the most...
American hippopotamus ranching almost took off 100 years ago
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoa hippo in the water opening its jaws What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well,...
Sudbury man wants the Grinch who stole his beloved hippo statue to give it back
The Metrowest Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSUDBURY – Ricardo Lewitus wants a hippopotamus for Christmas; only his custom-made, 200-pound wooden...