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10 animals that eat their own species

The Times of India 02 Dec 2024
This behavior is often directed at newborns, particularly when male chimpanzees are uncertain of their paternity ... Such practices underscore the harsh realities of survival and reproduction in the wild.Hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibius) ... .
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Exploring hippos: The myth of pink milk and other fun facts about them

The Times of India 28 Nov 2024
Hippos are fascinating creatures, often shrouded in myths and misconceptions ... The real reason behind the mythHippos (Hippopotamus amphibius), like all mammals, produce white or off-white milk for their young ... American alligator.
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Stone Age People Drove Dwarf Hippos and Elephants to Extinction on Cyprus

Ancient Origins 25 Sep 2024
The Cypriot dwarf hippopotamus was the smallest dwarf hippo in the Mediterranean region. Genetic data suggest it diverged from the common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) roughly 1.5 million years ago.
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Small populations of Stone Age people drove dwarf hippos and elephants to extinction on Cyprus

Phys Dot Org 18 Sep 2024
The Cypriot dwarf hippopotamus was the smallest dwarf hippo in the Mediterranean region. Genetic data suggest it diverged from the common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) roughly 1.5 million years ago.
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Into the blue: How baleen whales have adapted over the past 50 million years

Phys Dot Org 22 Aug 2024
The research used a dataset of 10,159 genes, across 15 cetacean species and two terrestrial species—hippos and cows (Hippopotamus amphibius and Bos taurus)—which are the considered the closest land relatives of whales ... More information ... DOI ... Citation.
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Hippos can get airborne study

Beijing News 07 Jul 2024
They shared their findings in an article entitled "Footfall patterns and stride parameters of Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) on land," published in the scientific journal PeerJ on Wednesday.
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Hippos can get airborne – study

Russia Today 07 Jul 2024
They shared their findings in an article entitled “Footfall patterns and stride parameters of Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) on land,” published in the scientific journal PeerJ on Wednesday.
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High speed video shows hippos get airborne when running

Phys Dot Org 05 Jul 2024
The hippopotamus has earned a reputation as being one of the most dangerous animals in the world to humans ... John R. Hutchinson et al, Footfall patterns and stride parameters of Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) on land, PeerJ (2024). DOI ... ....
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Rare Baby Pygmy Hippo Born at Athens Zoo [video]

Greek City Times 22 Mar 2024
The pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis) is a smaller relative of the common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) native to the forests and swamps of West Africa ... The common hippopotamus.
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Earliest known European common hippopotamus fossil reveals their Middle Pleistocene dispersal

Phys Dot Org 22 Nov 2023
Modern hippos, Hippopotamus amphibius, arose from African ancestors during the Quaternary, a time when hippos were widespread in Europe ... Reinforcing the idea of an early dispersal of Hippopotamus amphibius in Europe.
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DNA Explainer: How Pablo Escobar's 'Cocaine Hippos' became major threat in Columbia

DNA India 08 Jun 2023
According to Nature magazine,  the hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) escaped from Pablo Escobar's mansion when he passed away and made their home in the Magdalena River ... However, the hippo transfer plan is considered a life-saving action ... .
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The "cocaine hippos" have become a huge headache for Colombia

New Atlas 05 Jun 2023
Back in 1981, Escobar illegally imported one male and three female hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibius) from a zoo in the US, and moved them onto his private ranch at Hacienda Nápoles ... In 2020, it was estimated their numbers had swelled to 98 ... .
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Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' spark conservation row

Democratic Underground 05 Mar 2023
Given that the hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) — considered the largest invasive animal in the world — have no natural predators in Colombia and have been mating at a steady rate, their population ...
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Human activities degrade hippopotamus homes at Bui National Park, Ghana

Phys Dot Org 20 Dec 2022
Godfred Bempah et al, The direct and indirect effects of damming on the Hippopotamus amphibius population abundance and distribution at Bui National Park, Ghana, Nature Conservation (2022).

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