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Hippos are considered megafauna, but unlike all other African megafauna, hippos have adapted for a semi-aquatic life in freshwater lakes and rivers.
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Hippos are recognizable by their barrel-shaped torso, enormous mouth and teeth, nearly hairless body, stubby legs and tremendous size.
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 are born underwater.
Hippos are very aggressive towards humans, whom they commonly attack whether in boats or on land with no apparent provocation.
The Hippos ' orange and white uniforms and fight song are adapted from the nearby University of Texas Longhorns.
Hippos are among the megafaunal species most dangerous to humans.
Image: Nijlpaard. jpg | Hippos, the heaviest and most aquatic even-toed ungulates, are whales ' closest living relatives.
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 ).
Currently, four Hippos are in British service, one each on HMS Albion and Bulwark, with two used by 11 ( Amphibious Trials and Training ) Squadron of the Royal Marines.
The spinning is so violent that the Hippos and Alligators are thrown in all directions, causing an Alligator to spill bells across the ice and one stray Hippo to create a large lift in the ice.
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.
The Hybrids are composed of numerous African animal species including Warthogs, Elephants, Camels, Zebras, Rhinos, Hippos, Giraffes, Hyenas and Crocodiles.
Hippos and considered
Although long considered Burroughs ' first-novel, he had in fact several years earlier completed a manuscript called And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks with Kerouac, but this work would remain unpublished in its entirety until 2008.
Hippos and unlike
The PRR decapod, class I1s, was unlike the Russian decapod ; it was huge, taking advantage of the PRR's heavy trackage and high axle loading, with a fat, free-steaming boiler that earned the type the nickname of ' Hippos ' on the PRR.
Hippos and all
As the Seleucids took possession of all of Coele-Syria, Hippos grew into a full-fledged polis, a city-state with control over the surrounding countryside.
Antiochia Hippos was improved with all the makings of a Greek polis: a temple, a central market area, and other public structures.
Hippos, Gerasa, and Gadara were all counted in the Decapolis, an informal grouping of Greco-Roman cities in eastern Palestine.
Hippos and other
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.
Hippos and whales shared a common semi-aquatic ancestor that branched off from other artiodactyls around.
Hippos and African
Hippos have been the subjects of various African folktales.
* African Nile: Hippos, Cheetahs, Spotted hyenas, and a colony of dwarf mongoose.
Animals in the African Plains include Bongos, African Wild Dogs, Red River Hogs, White-crowned Mangabeys, Chimpanzees, White Rhinos, Hippos, Giraffes, Zebras, Ostriches, Gorillas and Scimitar-horned Oryx ( this species is now extinct in the wild ).
Hippos and hippos
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.
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Hippos have been clocked at over short distances.
Hippos have ( rarely ) been filmed eating carrion, usually close to the water.
Hippos have remained popular zoo animals since Obaysch, and generally breed well in captivity.
Hippos have also been popular cartoon characters, where their rotund frame is used for humorous effect.
Excavations in Hippos have revealed traces of habitation from as early as the Neolithic period.
However, Hippos must have had some Jewish residents in the city.
In the New Testament, when Jesus mentions a " city set upon a hill " that " cannot be hidden " ( one of the metaphors of Salt and Light in the Sermon on the Mount ) he may have been referring to Hippos.
Choi had played keyboards on the demos for Progress, but when it came time to record, they decided instead to have Rich Zahniser of The Hippos, who was touring with the band, play on the album.
Hippos and for
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.
Some of the cities included " Antiochia " or " Seleucia " in their official names ( Antiochia Hippos, for example ), which attest to Seleucid origins.
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.
It is likely that Hippos, on a very defensible site along the border lines of the 3rd century BC, was founded as a border fortress for the Ptolemies.
* Hungry Hungry Hippos, a game for two to four players involving marbles
Hungry Hungry Hippos is a tabletop game made for young children, currently produced by Hasbro, under the brand of its subsidiary, Milton Bradley.
* 15-second television ad for Hungry Hungry Hippos, from YouTube.
A new super special stage was built at Hippos, along with a VIP village for 1, 600 people.
Nicknames for the type included Decs and Hippos, the latter due to the large boiler.
Since the 1977 release of Hippos Go Berserk !, Boynton has published many children's books, as well as several illustrated humor books for the general market.
According to author Bill Morgan in his book, The Beat Generation in New York, the Carr incident also inspired Kerouac and Burroughs to collaborate in 1945 on a novel entitled And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, which was published for the first time in its entirety in November 2008.
The definitive power-plant for full-size post war Leylands began to be fitted to Beavers, Octopuses, Steers, Hippos etc.
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