the hippopotamus

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Looking "like a small watermelon on little, tiny legs", a baby pygmy one of these made its debut at a Sydney Zoo in 2021 a hippopotamus $800 DJ MAMMALS 2022-06-14 #8662
The pachyderms include this mammal whose skin secretes a moistening reddish fluid, which led folks to believe it sweated blood a hippopotamus $200 J MAMMALS 2022-02-04 #8570
These quadrupeds can open their jaws 150 degrees & are strong enough to bite a crocodile in half a hippopotamus $800 DJ ALL ABOUT ANIMALS 2016-05-05 #7294
Around 9 pounds at birth, the pygmy species of this African mammal may eventually reach some 600 pounds a hippopotamus $1,000 J YOU'RE SUCH AN ANIMAL! 2010-11-22 #6026
Its German name is Nilpferd, "Nile horse" a hippopotamus DD $2,000 DJ ANIMALS 2007-12-19 #5358
Though its name comes from words meaning "river horse", it's more closely related to the hog than to the horse a hippopotamus $1,600 DJ ALL ABOUT ANIMALS 2007-07-27 #5285
At about 500 pounds, the pygmy species of this is only about 1/10 the mass of the full-sized version hippopotamus $800 J YOU'RE SUCH AN ANIMAL 2003-07-11 #4360
This even-toed ungulate spends much of its day in the water & can remain submerged for up to 10 minutes hippopotamus $1,600 DJ AFRICAN MAMMALS 2003-03-13 #4274
Although it can weigh up to 8,000 pounds, it's an excellent swimmer & often walks on the bottoms of lakes and rivers a hippopotamus $400 DJ AFRICAN MAMMALS 2002-01-22 #4007
The German name for this animal is nilpferd, or "Nile horse" hippopotamus FJ ANIMALS 2001-05-09 #3853
Flanders & Swann's song about this African animal goes, "Let us wallow in glorious mud" Hippopotamus $400 J ANIMAL SONGS 1999-04-02 #3365
This land animal can weigh more than 8,000 pounds & can open its immense jaws 150 degrees the hippopotamus $500 J ANIMALS 1998-06-01 #3181
It has the largest mouth of any land mammal Hippopotamus $300 J MAMMALS 1997-12-03 #3053
The pygmy species of this amphibious mammal reaches a mere 3' high, 6' long & 400 lbs. Hippopotamus $800 DJ MAMMALS 1997-06-25 #2968
The river type of this African mammal can eat 130 pounds of food a day the hippopotamus $500 J ANIMALS 1995-06-28 #2508
Reddish fluid from the skin of this African river mammal led to the belief that it sweated blood the hippopotamus $400 J ZOOLOGY 1993-12-29 #2148
Its mouth is the largest of any land mammal's the hippopotamus $200 J HOOFED MAMMALS 1993-04-12 #1991
The West African Pgymy species of this animal weighs 400-600 pounds the hippopotamus $600 DJ ANIMALS 1992-12-03 #1899
The scientific name of this mammal is abbreviated H. amphibius a hippopotamus FJ ZOOLOGY 1992-05-13 #1788
The name of this huge, short-legged mammal is Greek for "river horse" hippopotamus $200 J MAMMALS 1992-03-13 #1745
The pygmy variety of these African mammals weighs hundreds of pounds less than the "river" type hippopotamus DD $500 J ANIMALS 1989-12-12 #1217
It spends the day almost completely submerged in water & comes out at night to graze hippopotamus DD $500 J ANIMAL TRIVIA 1989-04-05 #1068
This large animal's name comes from the Greek for "river horse" although it's more closely related to the pig a hippopotamus $400 DJ ZOOLOGY 1989-02-16 #1034
Pigging out makes this cousin of the pig 3rd largest living land animal by weight the hippopotamus $600 DJ MAMMALS 1986-03-03 #386
Close relative of the pig, though its name means "river horse" a hippopotamus $400 J ANIMALS 1984-09-10 #1
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