A tour guide swallowed in a hippo attack has managed to get out and document the horrifying experience. Paul Templer has detailed his run-in with the animal in an “Experience” blog for the Guardian. In March of 1996, he was swallowed while working as a tour guide on the Zambezi River, bringing tourists i... |
10 May 2013
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A hippo living in Zimbabwe has recently found itself needing medical attention.
Local veterinarians agreed to help it regain its health, yet the animal's size and unpredictable behavior made it quite clear that, unless the hippo was sedated and blindfolded, it would be virtually impossible to come anywhere nea... |
29 January 2013
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Certain green-oriented organizations might argue that vegetarianism means that one does not approve of acts of cruelty and violence, but when it comes to the animal world this theory hardly applies.
Especially if one is dealing with hippos.
As this video explains, male hippos need to fight each other in order to ... |
29 September 2012
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Just a couple of days ago, the world's oldest hippo passed away in captivity at the Mesker Park Zoo, Evansville, Indiana.
The animal was 61 years old and lived much longer than other members of its species usually do. This allowed it to witness as much as 15 presidential elections, and give birth to 8 baby hip... |
6 August 2012
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After spending around 36 months flying over the entire world – from the Arctic to Antarctica – experts with the HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) campaign announce that they have sufficient data to compile the first detailed map of the global distribution of greenhouse gases and particles.
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8 September 2011
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The modified Gulfstream V aircraft employed by Harvard University will fly all around the world, from the North to the South Pole, and will accurately record various carbon dioxide (CO2) readings along the way, in an attempt to create the most comprehensive picture of the circuit of carbon in nature to date. The thre... |
15 January 2009
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