what is the intresting and rare behavior that hippo showes ?
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I looked it up and it said that Hippos kill more humans than any other animal. That's interesting, right?
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stick your finger in front of its mouth and find out
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Monkey likes to look!
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A horny animal with a good memory
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hehehe want a naked picture of a hippo? * wink wink *
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Interesting that you should ask....Jacques Cousteau had made some very interesting observations on the subject. He noted that dogfish do indeed wag their tails when happy. More interesting tho was the fact that catfish purr when pleased and sea horses jumped for joy. Star fish glow at the thought of a visit from you, and on occasion a clam will show his mussels with pride.\n\nIf there's one thing I know, Cousteau otter know his fishes.
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I have just read some of the answers and some are unbelievable. Animals don't think?? Now that is really silly.  As to the question there are recorded incidents of animals with higher intelligence such as the great ape species taking some sort of retaliatory actions as acts of revenge and I have heard that elephants will do so and they do have excellent memories.  Dolphins are also very intelligent so maybe they do so as well but I don't think anyone has recorded this
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Unfortunately, it's a strong possibility. :-( \n\nWorld's biggest hippo population decimated\nFriday 29 August 2003\nA shocking new census shows a 95 per cent decline in hippo populations in Virunga National Park, formerly home to the world's biggest population.\nLess than 30 years ago, over 29,000 hippos lived in this world heritage site on the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This year's census shows that only 1,300 remain. The census was carried out by the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN), WWF, and other conservation organisations during March and August.\n\nThere is increasing international demand for hippo canine teeth in the illegal ivory trade. The census showed that armed factions are killing hippos in shockingly high numbers for their meat and teeth in response to this growing trend.\n\n"This is disastrous news for the hippo," said Dr. Susan Lieberman, Director of WWF International's Species Programme. "Unless this trade is closely controlled and poaching is stopped, hippos will be threatened with extinction. WWF urges the government to take advantage of recent peace agreements and to put into place proper planning and management of the country's natural resources."\n\nUntil this year, the Park has been at the heart of interfactional fighting, preventing ICCN and WWF from working in significant areas. WWF calls on the DRC authorities to work with conservation groups to stop poaching hippos in the Park and to conserve wildlife.\n\n"Hippos are extremely important in maintaining the ecological balance in rivers and lakes and nearby grasslands," says Marc Languy of WWF's Eastern Africa Regional Programme. "Hippo dung provides essential basic elements for the food chain, particularly for fish. The loss of more than 27,000 hippos in the past few decades is a double blow: fish catches have dwindled and the freshwater ecosystems are losing hundreds of tons of nutrients every day. Lake Edward supports over 20,000 people living around the Park who depend on fish for their livelihood."\n\nThe need for long-term protection of national parks and other valuable protected areas will be at the heart of the forthcoming 5th World Parks' Congress in Durban, South Africa (8-15 September).
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Hippopotomonstroses- quippedaliophobia = fear of long words. \n\nSome languages, but not English, are constructed in a way that allows words to be very long, you can add many words together as one. As an example (a rather short one) "Internetuppkopplings- sladdsanordning" means Internet connection wire device in Swedish. Totally useless word and it's hard to read to, but still it's a single word. \n\n(Lol, the words were even to long for yahoo to allow. A clear case of Hippopotomonstroses- quippedaliophobia )
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I this it\n\nhttp://www.minibite.com/christmas/hippo.htm\n\nby Gayla Peevey
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The hippotopniomnass (not to be confused with its smaller cousin, the hippopotamus) is a fearsome aquatic carnivore that lives in deep rivers in the Sahara desert and eats aardvarks that get too close to the edge. They control their buoyancy with a remarkable device called a spongeulator that adds or subtracts ballast to act as a counterweight to their own mass, thus allowing them to adjust to any desired depth.\n\nThe hippotopniomnass has never actually been seen by man, because they also have incredible optical properties and are able to make themselves invisible to everything except garden gnomes, who have remarkable powers of observation and are able to see them at all times. That's why the gnomes are grinning.
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It's rare but it could be caused by the "Tiny Pin-head" bug. Because they are very small, it's often hard to tell if they have pin-heads. As a result, the incidence rate might be underestimated.\n\nI would suggest seeing a doctor. Specifically ask to be examined for Tiny Pin-head bugs. I say to ask specifically, because an examination does not routinely include an inspection for this critter.\n\nThere's no stigma in having Tiny Pin-head bugs. You might be surprised at how many celebrities have Tiny Pin-head Bugs.
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None. A hippogriff is an imaginary creature out of Greek mythology.
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a hippo balancing on a snow pea
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Humans are designed to evolve; spiritualy, mentaly, and physicaly. Evolution takes place every generation and we are growing at a rapid rate.\nHere's an annalogy, a different type of being see's an infant human, and an infant hippo next to each other. The hippo can walk and defend itself right after birth, where as the infant human can do nothing but sit, cry, and roll around. It's obvious which would be "smarter" in the current state. Looking outside the "box of time" the human will grow to be smarted than a hippo in many ways when it reaches maturity because it evolves with time... hope i could help you feel better about everything, i feel like you've had a hard time lately... things will get better, just remember that.
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It is very common for muscles to twitch as they relax.  Her behavior does not sound extreme.  There should be nothing to worry about.  The link below discusses this.
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fun! zoologic category hit your question better. And what kind category was put your question, it's you to choose, not pointer.\nwe react almost in the same way like animals as mammal. I like this sense. maybe expectation to see how strong she survives as earth mother for children, brain, waist, hip, chest with breast, rich fat... in advantage of male/female.