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Hippo masks were also used in Nyau funerary rituals of the Chewa of Southern Africa. [101]: 120 According to Robert Baden-Powell, Zulu warriors referred to hippos in war chants. [112] The Behemoth from the Book of Job, 40:15–24 is thought to be based on the hippo. [113] Hippos have been the subjects of various African folktales.
Hippopotamidae is a family of stout, naked-skinned, and semiaquatic artiodactyl mammals, possessing three-chambered stomachs and walking on four toes on each foot. While they resemble pigs physiologically, their closest living relatives are the cetaceans.
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
Hippos typically live together in groups ranging from 10 to 30 members. ©1001slide/iStock via Getty Images
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The Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, has announced the name of a female baby pygmy hippo born there on Dec. 9. Drum roll, please... After a public vote, the hippo has been named Poppy, zoo ...
At birth, pygmy hippos weigh 4.5–6.2 kg (9.9–13.7 lb) with males weighing about 0.25 kg (0.55 lb) more than females. Pygmy hippos are fully weaned between six and eight months of age; before weaning they do not accompany their mother when she leaves the water to forage, but instead hide in the water by themselves. The mother returns to the ...
Poppy, a pygmy hippo, was born at Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia on Dec. 9. Her name was selected by online voters. Popular baby pygmy hippo born in the US now has a name after poll drives 100,000 ...