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According to the World Wildlife Fund, Pygmy hippos are endangered, with fewer than 2,500 estimated in the wild.
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Sarah Scanlan, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Yet their answers - the camel, hippo, phoenix, and lion - were anything but whimsical.
—Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
According to a 2022 study conducted by Ivory Coast college researchers, the hippo is cited most frequently in collisions that cause death or injury to humans in the country.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Hippo mama Bibi gave birth six weeks early Jan. 24, 2017, to the first Nile hippo born at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in 75 years.
—Terry Demio, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Scanlan, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Yet their answers - the camel, hippo, phoenix, and lion - were anything but whimsical.
—Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
According to a 2022 study conducted by Ivory Coast college researchers, the hippo is cited most frequently in collisions that cause death or injury to humans in the country.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Hippo mama Bibi gave birth six weeks early Jan. 24, 2017, to the first Nile hippo born at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in 75 years.
—Terry Demio, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Hippo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hippo. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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