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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: pygmy hippos

pygmy hippos stories: 2 news summaries

 DC Zoo Evicting Hippo

'Happy' must move to make place for elephants

Aug 3, 08 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The National Zoo is adding a new elephant sanctuary, reports the Washington Post, and the move is putting its sole Nile hippopotamus, Happy, out on the street in a year or so. The zoo will hold onto its pygmy hippos, but is more committed to Asian elephant programs. "... More »

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zoo • zookeeper • Nile • pygmy hippos • hippopotamus • National Zoo

Pygmy Hippos Found in Liberia

Rare mammal not wiped out by wars, deforestation

Mar 10, 08 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, which look like normal hippos... More »

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endangered species • civil war • wildlife • Liberia • Zoological Society of London • pygmy hippos • zoologists • bush hunters • hippopotamus

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