Hippos have been clocked at over short distances.

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

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 have been the subjects of various African folktales.

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.

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

* As Bart goes through his childhood toys, he mentions several popular toys / games, with parodied names: " Spirogram " ( Spirograph ), " Sketch-N-Etch " ( Etch A Sketch ), " Ravenous Ravenous Rhinos " ( Hungry Hungry Hippos ), " Duopoly " ( Monopoly ), " Parchoosey " ( Parcheesi ), " Humor Putty " ( Silly Putty ), and " Sock ' Em Knock ' Em Cyborgs " ( Rock ' Em Sock ' Em Robots ).

Image: Hippos zoo granby 2006-07. JPG | Hippos

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 ).

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 ").

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.

The Blyde River canyon supports large diversity of life, including numerous fish and antelope species as well as Hippos and Crocodiles, and every primate species that may be seen in South Africa ( including both Greater and Lesser Bush Babies, Vervet Monkeys and Samango Monkeys ).

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

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

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 are born underwater.

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

Hippos rarely kill each other, even in territorial challenges.

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.

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.

Hippos and whales shared a common semi-aquatic ancestor that branched off from other artiodactyls around.

* Videos of Pygmy Hippos at Arkive. org

The deeds of countless western bandits and outlaws have been glorified almost to the point of hero-worship, but because Billy Tilghman remained strictly on the side of the law throughout his action-packed career, his achievements and the appalling risks he took while taming the West have remained almost unsung.

`` Little Rock is, without any flattery, one of the dullest towns in the United States and I would not have remained two hours in the place, if I had not met with some good friends who made me forget its dreariness ''.

They have remained on the opened page of my mind in all the years which since have passed.

However, his subject matter and basic themes have remained surprisingly consistent, and these, together with certain key poetic images, may be traced through all his work, including the new jazz experiments.

The fact is simply that state-owned vehicles have remained in practically the same proportion as employees to use them.

The preconditions of sociology have remained largely unexamined by the sociologist.

I am told that a mortar longer slaked might have remained longer in condition for painting.

As `` a matter of fact no such complete solution of the dream has ever been accomplished in any case,, and what is more, every one attempting such solution has found that in most cases there have remained a great many components of the dream the source of which he has been unable to explain nor is the discussion closed on the subject of the mantic or prophetic power of dreams ''.

These questions have remained one of the great sea mysteries of all time.

Only in Europe have our lines remained firm -- and there only on the surface.

Had it done so, the blot on its escutcheon would have remained indelible, nor could the Harvard Divinity School assemble today to honor Parker's insurgence other than by getting down on its collective knees and crying `` peccavi ''.

These alphabets have since been replaced with the Latin alphabet, except for decorative usage for which the runes remained in use until the 20th century.

Angola-Zimbabwe relations have remained cordial since the birth of both states, Angola in 1975 and Zimbabwe in 1979, during the Cold War.

Until recently, androids have largely remained within the domain of science fiction, frequently seen in film and television.

There he is said to have remained for thirty years.

These represent the most intellectual type of chamber-music of their period, and it is to be regretted that they have remained almost entirely in manuscript, since a careful study of them is indispensable to anyone who wishes to form an adequate idea of Scarlatti's development.

Therefore " eisode " would have become inappropriate, whereas " anode " meaning ' East electrode ' would have remained correct with respect to the unchanged direction of the actual phenomenon underlying the current, then unknown but, he thought, unambiguously defined by the magnetic reference.

The " Schlössli " ( small Castle ), Rore Tower and the upper gate tower have remained nearly unchanged since the 13th century.

While this opinion has remained popular, other views have been expressed as well.

Its function is to control the expulsion of feces, unwanted semi-solid matter produced during digestion, which, depending on the type of animal, may be one or more of: matter which the animal cannot digest, such as bones ; food material after all the nutrients have been extracted, for example cellulose or lignin ; ingested matter which would be toxic if it remained in the digestive tract ; and dead or excess gut bacteria and other endosymbionts.