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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A third city, Hippos, was similar in character to Gadara and Gerasa, and it may fit the biblical account even better.

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 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.

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

A skateboarder who collides with a person who is walking or biking may injure or, rarely, kill that person.

Earthquakes by themselves rarely kill people or wildlife.

When a natural enemy is successfully established it rarely requires additional input and it continues to kill the pest with no direct help from humans and at no cost.

Her description of engagements is frequently comical — according to her account both the Bannock and the Army soldiers liked each other so much that they rarely shot to kill.

Columbo rarely carries a gun, and is never shown to exercise much physical force ; in some episodes he allows himself to be placed in a predicament in which the killer believes he or she will be able to kill Columbo and escape.

The female black widow has unusually large venom glands and its bite is particularly harmful to humans ; however, Latrodectus bites rarely kill humans if proper medical treatment is provided.

They very rarely will attack small passerine birds, and have been known to kill species as large as Common Snipe.

The series follows Yomiko Readman, also known as " The Paper ", a superhuman agent of the Library's Special Operations ( possessing a " double 0 " certification that denotes a " license to kill ", as in the James Bond series, although she rarely invokes it ).

While it can kill magic creatures, such as demons, upon contact, it rarely injures non-magical beings or items, although it has recently been shown to capable of killing psionic entities.

In reality, zorros rarely kill lambs, although, if hunger strikes, they will prey on weak or sick lambs.

With the discovery that depth charges rarely scored a kill by hitting a submarine, but instead were most effective in barrages, it was found that similar or better effects could be obtained by larger numbers of smaller explosions.

Navy pilots, employing a mutually supporting " loose deuce " tactical formation and many with TOPGUN training, enjoyed a kill ratio of 6: 1 in favor of USA in May and June, such that after that the North Vietnamese rarely engaged them thereafter.

** A rarely shown version ( which first aired on a 4: 00am showing of the compilation show Bugs and Daffy and aired again on a New Year's Day marathon of Looney Tunes cartoons on January 1, 2010 ) has the original title cards and credits and leaves in the scene where Porky bends over to pick up a scared Sylvester and nearly misses being shot by a mouse in a black hood, but still edits the scene where Sylvester withdraws a pistol from a drawer and threatens to kill himself with it and fights with Porky over the gun.

He fights with ferocity and often extreme cruelty, rarely killing until his target has been disabled and humiliated, while frequently allowing enemies more than one chance to kill him ( though he seeks only to be killed by a human, having grown bored of immortality and life ).

Serfs began hunting wolves after their emancipation in 1861, though rarely with success, as civilian firearms were highly expensive, and the cheaper ones were usually primitive and unable to bear the heavy ammunition necessary to kill wolves.