http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/12/24/obaysch-the-hippo/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:19:25 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/12/24/obaysch-the-hippo/comment-page-1/#comment-1957 L Gaylord Clark Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:27:32 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/12/24/obaysch-the-hippo/#comment-1957 My first thought was how contented he looks. My second: did he remain all alone for the rest of his life? A quick google search re-assured me. The thoughtful Viceroy sent a mate after him in 1854, but offspring arrived only in 1870 (slow learners, I suppose, but who after all ever imagined hippos were likely to be clever?). My first thought was how contented he looks. My second: did he remain all alone for the rest of his life? A quick google search re-assured me. The thoughtful Viceroy sent a mate after him in 1854, but offspring arrived only in 1870 (slow learners, I suppose, but who after all ever imagined hippos were likely to be clever?).

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