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Tembrink skipped the majority of the zoo's vast offerings to focus on the hippo, rhino and elephant habitats so the participants would not get too tired or overwhelmed.
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ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Sterilizing a single hippo requires heavy equipment and carries significant risk to personnel, while relocation efforts have stalled as no other country has agreed to accept the animals.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Curtain calls In 1999, a male hippo in rut apparently mistook a passing tractor at a French zoo for a rival and smashed through his enclosure fencing.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
And who wouldn’t want to see their baby’s name stitched on a blanket with an adorable giraffe, lion, hippo, or unicorn?
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Sterilizing a single hippo requires heavy equipment and carries significant risk to personnel, while relocation efforts have stalled as no other country has agreed to accept the animals.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Curtain calls In 1999, a male hippo in rut apparently mistook a passing tractor at a French zoo for a rival and smashed through his enclosure fencing.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
And who wouldn’t want to see their baby’s name stitched on a blanket with an adorable giraffe, lion, hippo, or unicorn?
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Hippo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hippo. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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