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Pygmy Hippos Found in Liberia

Rare mammal not wiped out by wars, deforestation

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 10, 2008 10:27 AM CDT

(Newser) – Rare pygmy hippos have been videotaped in the forests of Liberia, proving to a team of zoologists that the rare and elusive mammal has survived through two civil wars, illegal logging, and poaching thought to have wiped it out. Less than 3,000 pygmy hippos,...   Read full story »

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