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Undertoad 06-22-2007 07:48 AM
June 22, 2007: Hippo as pet?!
 
http://cellar.org/2007/hippopet1.jpg

We've heard these ugly beasts are amongst the meanest in the animal kingdom, but there's one in South Africa that's taken to being a member of the family.

http://cellar.org/2007/hippopet2.jpg

According to the full story, this beast named Jessica was hand-raised by her owner after washing up on the lawn. It was lucky she washed up on the lawn of a game ranger.

http://cellar.org/2007/hippopet6.jpg

She seems to get along well with the family dogs. In fact she helped to groom the puppies:

http://cellar.org/2007/hippopet.jpg

http://cellar.org/2007/hippopet4.jpg

lumberjim 06-22-2007 08:04 AM
it drinks piss?

Shawnee123 06-22-2007 08:14 AM
Sweet! She could have eaten the puppies.

odie number seven 06-22-2007 08:45 AM
That's no hippo! That's my wife!

Buckethead 06-22-2007 09:06 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by lumberjim (Post 357779)
it drinks piss?
According to TFA, it's part of her daily cup o' joe. 10 liters daily! She should really cut back.

skysidhe 06-22-2007 09:43 AM
According to the article she seems so sweet! There are problems arising like her weight and loving to plop on the bed...the male hippos showing up and her love for a good cup a joe.

I hope they are calling some good zoos where she can be loved and protected!

HungLikeJesus 06-22-2007 09:43 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by lumberjim (Post 357779)
it drinks piss?
Quote:
Neighbor: Hey Roy, can you get sick from drinking piss?
Roy: I think you can.
Neighbor: Even if its your own?

xoxoxoBruce 06-22-2007 11:46 AM
Shame she didn't wash up on a dentist's lawn.

jinx 06-22-2007 12:05 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by skysidhe (Post 357792)
There are problems arising like her weight and loving to plop on the bed...
I wouldn't think that would be nearly as bad as the shit and urine spraying behavior.

Quote:
To mark territory, hippos spin their tails while defecating to distribute their excrement over the greatest possible area.[7] Hippos also urinate backwards (are retromingent), likely for the same reason. [8]

skysidhe 06-22-2007 12:26 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jinx (Post 357843)
I wouldn't think that would be nearly as bad as the shit and urine spraying behavior.
eww gawd,,,,of course I skimmed over the top of that fact.
:greenface

CharlieG 06-22-2007 01:16 PM
A Hippo fro Christmas

http://www.members.shaw.ca/grandmafaith/hippo.htm

nil_orally 06-22-2007 09:32 PM
A wonderful opportunity to bring together two things from different parts of the world: the hippo from Africa, and the hungi from New Zealand.

Sheldonrs 06-23-2007 01:12 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by nil_orally (Post 358063)
A wonderful opportunity to bring together two things from different parts of the world: the hippo from Africa, and the hungi from New Zealand.
tee hee...you said hung guy. :D

Gravdigr 06-23-2007 05:12 AM
If ya got two of those things, do ya got hippopotamussusses? Or, hippopotami? Or, hippopotamice? Or, hippos? Or, hippoes? Or would they be "Those two shit-flicking monstrosities."?

limey 06-23-2007 07:33 AM
Quote:
... retromingent ...
Is that where the word minge comes from?

mfrasier31 06-24-2007 12:16 AM
Great, now I have to find a way to work that great phrase, "Shit-flicking monstrocities" into conversation.

xoxoxoBruce 06-24-2007 12:11 PM
Welcome to the Cellar mfrasier31. :D

What... you never talk about your inlaws?

Cyclefrance 06-25-2007 12:32 AM
Strange, that with all that affection for mud they have, you never see one at Glastonbury

artemis05 06-25-2007 04:46 AM
baby got back

Talanga 06-28-2007 07:32 AM
Retromingent – we use that word together with anal retentive, i.e. he's AR and retromingent. Ouch! Lovely, happy hippo.

Rexmons 06-28-2007 09:03 AM
1. It's not piss it's sweetned coffee

2. Hippop's kill more people in Africa than any other animal. People have reported finding lions and crocodiles bitten in half by a hippo.

HungLikeJesus 06-28-2007 09:57 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rexmons (Post 359602)
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2. Hippop's kill more people in Africa than any other animal. People have reported finding lions and crocodiles bitten in half by a hippo.
Do you mean hiphop?

Shawnee123 06-28-2007 10:30 AM
Yo, hippo my homey.

Freshness Dated 06-28-2007 11:39 AM
Quote:
To mark territory, hippos spin their tails while defecating to distribute their excrement over the greatest possible area.
With the weather getting hot lately, a constipated hippo could be used as a local cooling fan. Strategically placed, 1 hippo per 800 square feet should just about do it. Orient spinning hindquarters to direct cooling air flow and angle down roughly at a 10 degree angle and voila!

xoxoxoBruce 06-28-2007 01:40 PM
Welcome to the Cellar, Freshness Dated. :D
That's a pretty risky plan considering you never know when the dam will break.

SPUCK 06-29-2007 04:46 AM
Yeah, spin spin spin spin spin




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