Hippopotamus in Greek translates to horse of the river. The damn things are second only to elephants in size for land animals, can successfully kill Nile crocodiles and can eat a whole watermelon in one bite.
How, in God's name are they anything like a horse?
Yeah, that always stumped me as well. Turns out the hippo's closest animal relative, evolutionarily speaking, is not the horse at all, but actually *whales*.
They're almost entirely vegetarian and eat a lot of grass. Like a horse. I like this fact because hippos will also easily and eagerly kill humans. Just not to eat them. And you just have to respect that, having met several humans myself.
I'm down with Covid 19Whatever 2024 variant is bouncing around. Dodging those virus bullets with masks and vaxes since 2019 and finally got hit this weekend. Hit hard. Needing a medic in the middle of the night hard. Yesterday I didn't care about anything: Supreme Court, Old Nearly Dead Biden, Taylor Swift's Tight End. Little better today. Check in with you all tomorrow. Be good to each other. It's still very dangerous out here.
You should get paxlovid. I've had covid three times. First two without paxlovid and the third time with it, and it makes a LOT of difference in the time you're ill.
Back from Sportsball Match Escape Shack in the remote redwoods. When we turned out the lights at night, it was so dark we couldn't even see the serial killer's hand right in front of our faces. It was like living in a sensory deprivation tank. I don't know what the birds were up to, but they'd probably flown over to Bodega Bay to escape some Superb Owl, because we did see one of those.
Uncanny return - too early, as the game apparently wasn't yet over - but everywhere was empty and ghosty, and the usual Sunday afternoon Golden Gate Bridge back-up to the tunnel just wasn't there, leaving about six cars on the bridge, like in one of those last person on earth movies.
I don't know what happened between the Kansas City Swifties and the San Francisco Omnisexual Agenda, but it was quiet here after the game. Like DEATHLY quiet. So that was good. We did help some drunk lady up off the street as she'd fallen. She insisted she was okay and muttered something about "shouldna chocolate so many strawberry" somethings. Anyway, we were able to sleep except for two-year-old Lady Macbeth downstairs murdering sleep as usual at 2:00 a.m.
I didn't watch the Big Sportsball Game™. Not my thing. Instead I spent the evening the same way any socially-awkward introvert would: Barricaded in my room, playing "WH40K: Boltgun" on my Switch. The Delta 8 gummies I took also aided in creating an evening of chill vibes and much-needed relaxation.
Oh THC, why did I believe my parents when they said you were "bad?"
I too am a big fan of Delta 8. Weirdly enough, regular THC has never had any effect on me. Not gummies, not smoked, not vaped, not hookah'd, not edible'd - never. I ate half a tin of TH9 gummies in Barcelona out of frustration. Nope.
Imagine my surprise the first time I knocked back a 10 mg Delta 8 and finally experienced what everyone else said I was supposed to.
We are getting a snowstorm in NYC tonight and tomorrow they actually are keeping the kids home from school for remote learning. I am really surprised by that, but yay I get a day off from babysitting! Snow day! Weather Channel says 7-10, local weather says 5-8 inches, but it's a Nor'easter so we also get some nasty wind.
Me too. Our snow here is of the “Oooh Honey, take a picture quickly before it melts!” variant. Then I watch the mid-west and northeast get buried under 4-6 feet of snow and shiver in sympathy.
Cutie water potato hed gif source and info: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/hoverin-hoverin-hippos
When you look at the baby swimming, you can see how they are the closest land relative to whales.
Husband just watched a nova program on whales and was all excited by that fact!
Hippopotamus in Greek translates to horse of the river. The damn things are second only to elephants in size for land animals, can successfully kill Nile crocodiles and can eat a whole watermelon in one bite.
How, in God's name are they anything like a horse?
Saddle up, cowgirl!
Yeah, that always stumped me as well. Turns out the hippo's closest animal relative, evolutionarily speaking, is not the horse at all, but actually *whales*.
So, instead of describing my love as being hung like a horse, I should start saying hung like a hippo?
Saddle up, indeed! 😁
You could be that lucky.
I AM that lucky!
Do tell!
I never kiss and tell! Well, not since college, anyway.
Hi ho silver AWAYYYYY!!!!
“How, in God's name are they anything like a horse”
Both are awesome and their babies are the best.
They're almost entirely vegetarian and eat a lot of grass. Like a horse. I like this fact because hippos will also easily and eagerly kill humans. Just not to eat them. And you just have to respect that, having met several humans myself.
They do have an ethos, unlike those nihilistic crocodiles.
Fact, they kill more humans than any predator in their range. Deadliest animal in Africa, after humans, of course >:-(
I would guess the malaria carrying mosquito kills the most people, after humans of course.
There ain't no law agin it - for Hippos!
What a beautiful baby!!!
Large exotic wild animals are cute as hell and make fun pets! Just looka here!
''His Best Friend Was a 250-Pound Warthog. One Day, It Decided to Kill Him.''
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/warthog-attack-texas-exotics/
Holy shit, that is one incredible, horrifying story. JFC. Yikes.
I'm sorry they had this traumatic encounter but really what a bunch of idiots.
Anything alive is capable of violence. Period. It important that we keep this in mind
Also that anything alive is capable of it, but humankind is the most likely to give in to senseless violence out of all animals.
Today on When Pet Wart Hogs Attack!
Was the cute fella named Donald?
Hippos look adorable, but they're really ornery, fast, and incredibly dangerous in real life. Do not attempt to pet!
But they sure look adorable!
Do not. I repeat, DO NOT get one for Christmas!
Ill tempered brutes, those hippos.
To be clear, the hippopotamus in the hed gif is a zoo animal.
Kill more people than lions do.
He should have had a chimpanzee helper.
The chimpanzee would definitely have died; that was a horrible, creepy article.
Travis!
Not a leopard eating face situation, but close.
I came in here this time because, baby hippo. I axidental read some stuff too. Damnit!
Was hoping for the Taylor Swift Super Bowl suite story but the hippos were better anyway.
from the Hawai'i opinion "That’s what they were thinking about long ago. Not someone
packing a musket to the wigmaker just in case. " I'm in loooooooove
I can't bring myself to read the project 2025 either. I can't afford to feel that hopeless right now.
I'm down with Covid 19Whatever 2024 variant is bouncing around. Dodging those virus bullets with masks and vaxes since 2019 and finally got hit this weekend. Hit hard. Needing a medic in the middle of the night hard. Yesterday I didn't care about anything: Supreme Court, Old Nearly Dead Biden, Taylor Swift's Tight End. Little better today. Check in with you all tomorrow. Be good to each other. It's still very dangerous out here.
You should get paxlovid. I've had covid three times. First two without paxlovid and the third time with it, and it makes a LOT of difference in the time you're ill.
I'm so sorry!
Take care of yourself!
Damn Milken to endure an eternity with PAB, and take whatever bad lawyers Pacific Lumber had with him.
Back from Sportsball Match Escape Shack in the remote redwoods. When we turned out the lights at night, it was so dark we couldn't even see the serial killer's hand right in front of our faces. It was like living in a sensory deprivation tank. I don't know what the birds were up to, but they'd probably flown over to Bodega Bay to escape some Superb Owl, because we did see one of those.
Uncanny return - too early, as the game apparently wasn't yet over - but everywhere was empty and ghosty, and the usual Sunday afternoon Golden Gate Bridge back-up to the tunnel just wasn't there, leaving about six cars on the bridge, like in one of those last person on earth movies.
I don't know what happened between the Kansas City Swifties and the San Francisco Omnisexual Agenda, but it was quiet here after the game. Like DEATHLY quiet. So that was good. We did help some drunk lady up off the street as she'd fallen. She insisted she was okay and muttered something about "shouldna chocolate so many strawberry" somethings. Anyway, we were able to sleep except for two-year-old Lady Macbeth downstairs murdering sleep as usual at 2:00 a.m.
Ok, now I need a 'San Francisco Omnisexual Agenda' t-shirt.
I need a "shouldna chocolate so many strawberry" somethings shirt.
Baby animals are cool.
While you all were swifting & sportsballing last night, I was making jokes about butts and farts.
https://substack.com/profile/18610262-boogie-mama/note/c-49385065?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=b2vrq
It's a great start to my new, glorious career.
I have to commend you for the marvelous hippo footage.
It made my day.
You *would* say that.
KC out coached the Niners.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39511676/49ers-players-say-know-super-bowl-rules
This seems tabsy to me
KC out coached the Niners.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39511676/49ers-players-say-know-super-bowl-rules
This seems tabsy to me
Countless former Trump staffers have come forward to say that he’s unfit for office.
Can anyone name one former Biden staffer who has said the same?
I didn't watch the Big Sportsball Game™. Not my thing. Instead I spent the evening the same way any socially-awkward introvert would: Barricaded in my room, playing "WH40K: Boltgun" on my Switch. The Delta 8 gummies I took also aided in creating an evening of chill vibes and much-needed relaxation.
Oh THC, why did I believe my parents when they said you were "bad?"
I too am a big fan of Delta 8. Weirdly enough, regular THC has never had any effect on me. Not gummies, not smoked, not vaped, not hookah'd, not edible'd - never. I ate half a tin of TH9 gummies in Barcelona out of frustration. Nope.
Imagine my surprise the first time I knocked back a 10 mg Delta 8 and finally experienced what everyone else said I was supposed to.
We are getting a snowstorm in NYC tonight and tomorrow they actually are keeping the kids home from school for remote learning. I am really surprised by that, but yay I get a day off from babysitting! Snow day! Weather Channel says 7-10, local weather says 5-8 inches, but it's a Nor'easter so we also get some nasty wind.
Harry and bear will be surprised! oh, and pleased. Yes. (Guys, hide the pigeon bait.)
They like to watch it snow, from inside, where it's warm.
At this point of life I am mostly with them. I even go so far as watching it snow in Vermont... from here in the PNW.
Me too, I love snow.
Me too. Our snow here is of the “Oooh Honey, take a picture quickly before it melts!” variant. Then I watch the mid-west and northeast get buried under 4-6 feet of snow and shiver in sympathy.