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  • Zigenare
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post

    GPWM.
    They are the most dangerous non-human mammal in Africa.
    There you go, you've learnt something. Jolly well done!

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by Zigenare View Post

    If you count humans as mammalian then you will find your statement to be incorrect.
    GPWM.
    They are the most dangerous non-human mammal in Africa.

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  • Zigenare
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    They are the most dangerous mammal in Africa, killing more humans than any other.
    If you count humans as mammalian then you will find your statement to be incorrect.

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    Fly my pretties, Fly!

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  • Uncle Albert
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    That reminds me, we need to buy the mother in law a birthday present.

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by woody1 View Post
    They were also the only animals that the authorities in Columbia didn't fancy rounding up at Pablo Escobar's private zoo. They subsequently escaped and are now breeding/thriving in the wild.
    That always makes me giggle when they show a documentary/travel show about Columbia and talk about Pablo Escobar's hippos.

    They wanted to cull them last year but there was a backlash. So they decided to move them - https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...t-colombia-35m

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  • woody1
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    They were also the only animals that the authorities in Columbia didn't fancy rounding up at Pablo Escobar's private zoo. They subsequently escaped and are now breeding/thriving in the wild.

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  • WTFH
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    They are the most dangerous mammal in Africa, killing more humans than any other.

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  • SueEllen
    started a topic Hippos Can Fly

    Hippos Can Fly

    Though I wouldn't stand close to one to find out

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/ar...n-get-airborne

    ..And so to researchers at the Royal Veterinary College in North Mymms, Hertfordshire, whose painstaking examination of footage of the creatures revealed that when the hefty herbivores reach top speed they do indeed take off.

    Video showed hippos got all four feet off the ground at once up to 15% of the time when thundering along at full pelt, often to chase off hippo rivals.

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