Image: Nijlpaard. jpg | Hippos, the heaviest and most aquatic even-toed ungulates, are whales ' closest living relatives.

Hippos were determined to be the closest relative of whales, ruminants were related to a whale / hippo clade, and pigs were more distant.

Established as Antiochia Hippos () by Seleucid settlers, the city is named after the Greek language word for horse, Hippos, and a common name of Seleucid monarchs, Antiochus.

Hippos are considered megafauna, but unlike all other African megafauna, hippos have adapted for a semi-aquatic life in freshwater lakes and rivers.

Seizing her moment to shine, Daisy lines up her Hippos and performs a massive jump off of the lift and over the Hippos.

Trying desperately to outdo Daisy, Minnie resorts to suicide as she instructs her Alligators to hoist the Hippos up and launches herself off the lift and over the skaters, while blind-folded with her bow over her eyes and, as she lands, her skate hits a stray bell on the ice, and she falls hard, forcing herself to cry.

The Hippos ' orange and white uniforms and fight song are adapted from the nearby University of Texas Longhorns.

The Forest of Gugu contained an assortment of animals ranging from animals that are found in Africa ( consisting of Elephants, Hippos, Leopards, Monkeys, Rhinos, and Zebras ) to animals that are found everywhere else ( consisting of Bears, Bison, Donkeys, Foxes, Green Serpents, Kangaroos, Unicorns, and Wolves ).

Image: BotswanaOkavangoHippos. jpg | Hippos as seen from a small boat in the Okavango

This includes the satirical Picnic of Love album, and also covers of songs completely different from their style including " Can't Touch This ", " Stayin ' Alive ", " Escape ", " The Theme From Three's Company ", " You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side ", " Hungry Hungry Hippos ", and " Just the Two of Us ", as well as their karaoke rendition of the Steve Miller Band song " Abracadabra " ( intended to be a " cover " of " Sabbra Cadabra ").

Excavations in Hippos have revealed traces of habitation from as early as the Neolithic period.

The most important improvement, however, was the aqueduct, which led water into Hippos from springs in the Golan Heights, 50 km away.

* 15-second television ad for Hungry Hungry Hippos, from YouTube.

Coins found in Mieron are mostly from Tyre, though a large number are also from Hippos, which lay on the other side of Lake Tiberias.

Hippos spend most of their days wallowing in the water or the mud, with the other members of their pod.

Hippos rarely kill each other, even in territorial challenges.

Antiochia Hippos was improved with all the makings of a Greek polis: a temple, a central market area, and other public structures.

Hippos are recognizable by their barrel-shaped torso, enormous mouth and teeth, nearly hairless body, stubby legs and tremendous size.

Hippos have been clocked at over short distances.

The Malagasy Hippos were smaller than the modern hippopotamus, likely through the process of insular dwarfism.

There is fossil evidence that many Malagasy Hippos were hunted by humans, a likely factor in their eventual extinction.

Ancestors of European Hippos found their way to many islands of the Mediterranean during the Pleistocene.

Hippos measure long, including a tail of about in length and average about 1. 5 meters ( 5 ft ) tall at the shoulder.

Hippos are still found in the rivers and lakes of the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya, north through to Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan, west to Gambia, and south to South Africa.

Hippos are also subject to unregulated hunting and poaching.

Hippos leave the water at dusk and travel inland, sometimes up to 8 kilometers ( 5 mi ), to graze on short grass, their main source of food.

Hippos have ( rarely ) been filmed eating carrion, usually close to the water.

Hippos have the unique ability to hold their head partially above the water and send out a cry that travels through both water and air ; hippos above and under water will respond.

Hippos are born underwater.

Hippos are very aggressive towards humans, whom they commonly attack whether in boats or on land with no apparent provocation.

Hippos have remained popular zoo animals since Obaysch, and generally breed well in captivity.

Hippos have been the subjects of various African folktales.

Hippos were mentioned in the novelty Christmas song " I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas " that became a hit for child star Gayla Peevey in 1953.

They even inspired a popular board game, Hungry Hungry Hippos.

Hippos have also been popular cartoon characters, where their rotund frame is used for humorous effect.

The hippopotamus characters " Happy Hippos " were created in 1988 by the French designer Andre Roche based in Munich, to be hidden in the " Kinder Surprise egg " of the Italian chocolate company Ferrero SpA.

* Videos of Pygmy Hippos at Arkive. org

The most recent theory of the origins of Hippopotamidae suggests that hippos and whales shared a common semi-aquatic ancestor that branched off from other artiodactyls around.

The most recent theory into the origins of hippopotamidae suggests that hippos and whales shared a common semi-aquatic ancestor that branched off from other artiodactyls around 60 million years ago.

An example is the forelimb structure shared by cats and whales.

This signal is shared with porpoises ( Phocoenidae ) and pygmy sperm whales ( Kogiidae ) but is not found among other dolphin groups.

The most recent research into the origins of hippopotamidae suggests that hippos and whales shared a common semi-aquatic ancestor that branched off from other Artiodactyls around.

About the size of a raccoon or domestic cat, this herbivorous creature shared some of the traits of whales, most notably the involucrum, a bone growth pattern which is the diagnostic characteristic of any cetacean, and is not found in any other species.

However, the most recent hypothesis into the origins of hippopotamids suggests that hippos and whales shared a common semi-aquatic ancestor that branched off from other Artiodactyls around.