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1/2 Every February, World Hippo Day is celebrated. Swipe through the slides to learn more about these amazing creatures.
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A day late, but to celebrate #WorldHippoDay, we'd like to introduce you to Guy Fawkes, found in 'Wild animals and the camera' (William P. Dando, 1911). We're sure you'll agree she's a real beauty.
Did someone say #WorldHippoDay ?!
Found a few in Tanzania during our week-long #safari. *Think* this was in Serengeti NP.
๐ท August, 2024.
#adventuretravel #ANinTanzania #WildlifeWednesday
Cropped image from a book showing a colour illustration of a hippotamus in side profile, standing on some earth. The hippo is baring its teeth, looking almost as though it's smiling!
Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the hippopotamuses, for yesterday was their special day!
For World Hippo Day, here is an illustration of a (smiley?) hippopotamus from 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon [Reserve 590 BUF]
#WorldHippoDay #RareBooks
Yesterday was apparently #WorldHippoDay, so here is an appropriate extract from the Nile Mosaic at Praeneste #mosaicmonday
Official photo 1 on grey background: top down view โSensuously carved and polished to a silky luster, this weight takes the form of a hippopotamus head. Eyes, ears, and nostrils ae modeled in relief; the mouth is closed. The flat underside provides a surface on which to rest the object. This hippo head weighs 62.1 grams, roughly three-quarters of a deben, a unit of weight in ancient Egypt. As such it does not correspond to any of the more usual subdivisions of the deben, although similar examples are known. In fact it is an inter-standard weight, representing eight seniu or two-thirds of a deben, and is equivalent of an Aegean unit of 62.1 grams."
Official photo 2 on grey background: quarter turn side profile facing left โSensuously carved and polished to a silky luster, this weight takes the form of a hippopotamus head. Eyes, ears, and nostrils ae modeled in relief; the mouth is closed. The flat underside provides a surface on which to rest the object. This hippo head weighs 62.1 grams, roughly three-quarters of a deben, a unit of weight in ancient Egypt. As such it does not correspond to any of the more usual subdivisions of the deben, although similar examples are known. In fact it is an inter-standard weight, representing eight seniu or two-thirds of a deben, and is equivalent of an Aegean unit of 62.1 grams."
Official photo 3 on grey background: quarter turn side profile facing right โSensuously carved and polished to a silky luster, this weight takes the form of a hippopotamus head. Eyes, ears, and nostrils ae modeled in relief; the mouth is closed. The flat underside provides a surface on which to rest the object. This hippo head weighs 62.1 grams, roughly three-quarters of a deben, a unit of weight in ancient Egypt. As such it does not correspond to any of the more usual subdivisions of the deben, although similar examples are known. In fact it is an inter-standard weight, representing eight seniu or two-thirds of a deben, and is equivalent of an Aegean unit of 62.1 grams."
For #WorldHippoDay ๐ฆ:
Weight in the Form of a #Hippopotamus Head
#AncientEgypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, c.1540โ1296 BCE
Carved & polished hematite, 2.2 x 3 x 4.2 cm (7/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 5/8 in.), 62.1 g (2.19 oz.)
Cleveland Museum of Art 1992.114: clevelandart.org/art/1992.114
Let us call her Misty.
Life, regeneration & rebirth - sounds right to me ๐ฆโค๏ธ
#worldhippoday #yaptaz
chromolithograph depicting three hippos with blue water and green vegetation, a mother with baby on back in the water and a second adult (with a very silly face) on the bank
Another goofy hippo face for #WorldHippoDay ๐ฆ:
The #hippopotamus. Chromolithograph by Gibson & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1874.
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Zoomed in detail from a monochrome woodcut nature illustration showing three hippos in the water, one swimming in the background and a mother with baby on its back in the foreground. All three are drawn with smiling happy faces - even the baby that is asleep on its mom's back is smiling. :)
For #WorldHippoDay :
happy happy hippos ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ
Detail from a woodcut illustration in _Men and Creatures in Uganda_ by Sir John Bland-Sutton (British, 1855-1936), 1933, p. 46.
Library of Congress World Digital Library collection: www.loc.gov/resource/gdc...
Hippos at Sunset Dam in Kruger National Park.
Hippos at Sunset Dam in Kruger National Park.
Happy #WorldHippoDay! ๐ฆThese enormous herbivores proved fun to watch at Sunset Dam in Kruger National Park. #nature #naturephotography #Africa #hippo #animals
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The hippopotamus is native to Africa. They are nicknamed the river horse due to being a semiaquatic mammal, spending most of their day in rivers & lakes. They feed mostly on land at night. ๐งต
A shaded pin-up of D'Month stripped completely naked inside a sleezy motel room. Him quoting, "Okay, perv. You bought an hour sesh with me. So let's get this over with."
On this day of #WorldHippoDay, we take a look at D'Monte's side job apart from his days of wrestling.
He is pretty expensive to bed with. #NSFW #furry #art #furryart #originalcharacter #hippo
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Happy World Hippo Day!
Set some serious goals and thanks to #Hippos and #Pexels, Iโm on track!
๐คI can keep up momentum.
Itโs been a blast trying to rank top 50.
www.pexels.com/video/hippop...
#WorldHippoDay
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Four concrete hippos in a housing estate, from Stanley Bonnar moulds. ๐ท February 2023, Killingworth, North Tyneside
The Killingworth hippos
#WorldHippoDay
"She is a hippo." - BROTI GUPTA, clones//fiona the hippo, Lecture Hall Podcast #lecturehallpod #lecturehallpodcast #WorldHippoDay #BrotiGupta
Absolutely loved #LanternsOfTheWild @twycrosszoo.bsky.social
Love this pic of one of my favourite animals #WorldHippoDay ๐ฆ
Directed graph showing derivation of "hippopotamus", "equestrian", "zebra", and "alfalfa" from Proto-Indo-European *hโรฉแธฑwos: "horse"
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"hippopotamus", "equestrian", "zebra", and "alfalfa" from Proto-Indo-European *hโรฉแธฑwos: "horse"
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Blue faience Egyptian hippo figurine from c. 1878-1961 BC, in collection of Metropolitan Museum, nicknamed "William."
Resharing for #WorldHippoDay ๐ฆ
Resharing for #WorldHippoDay ๐ฆ
Resharing for #WorldHippoDay ๐ฆ
Resharing for #WorldHippoDay ๐ฆ
Resharing for #WorldHippoDay ๐ฆ
Resharing for #WorldHippoDay ๐ฆ
Resharing for #WorldHippoDay ๐ฆ
Resharing for #WorldHippoDay ๐ฆ
Huge the Hippo movie poster. Phantasmagorical!
I just happened to get this in time to find out it's #WorldHippoDay so we're watching now. So far it's pretty phantasmagorical indeed.
#HugoTheHippo
A purple baby hippo linocut by Jon Archard printmaker Leicester
For #WorldHippoDay this fabulous linocut by Jon Archard
