hippopotamus
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Rare Baby Pygmy Hippo Stars in Zoo Photoshoot
A zoo in the Czech Republic is so excited about its newest arrival that it arranged a special photoshoot. Meet Mikolas the pygmy hippo, born December 1 at Dvur Kralove Zoo. Pygmy hippopotamuses are endangered, and little Mikolas is a boon to conservation efforts, the Associated Press reports. The relatively tiny herbivore is now the…
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Pablo Escobar’s Cocaine Hippos Are Legally People, Court Rules
Pablo Escobar’s hippos have a lawyer. And a good one at that. In a U.S. first, a court recognised the animals as legal persons. That could be the hippos’ salvation in the ongoing fight about what to do with one of the world’s most rotund and dangerous invasive species.