October 27, 2006: Hippo eats pumpkin

Undertoad · 10-27-2006, 10:11 AM

xoB sends along this WaPo image to continue the pumpkin theme on Friday. We've had a lot of these beasts on IotD, but this one is still mind-boggling, to see "Cuddles" (her actual name), 43 years old at the San Francisco Zoo, opening that massive maw and chomping down on an entire large-size pumpkin. Imagine what damage she could do.

I was recently reminded of the much-hated Jar Jar Binks character, and I was thinking, what sort of animal would evolve to have eyes protruding out like that? It's not a good placement, if you don't want to go blind the first time you accidentally trip. It would have to be a predatory beast that spent most of its time partly submerged, so the eyes could spot things above water while the body stayed below for cover. Jar Jar's race is supposed to have evolved under water, so perhaps some thought has been put into his design beyond childish comic relief.

Sheldonrs · 10-27-2006, 10:14 AM

This reminds me of every family dinner I ever went to.

ladyangevil · 10-27-2006, 10:56 AM

lol

i love/hate that character.

yeap.maybe he comes from the crocodile family.lol.

glatt · 10-27-2006, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

This reminds me of every family dinner I ever went to.

The eating style or the fine conversation about Jar Jar's heritage?

milkfish · 10-27-2006, 01:02 PM

Slugs have protruding eyes and aren't submersed predatory beasts, whatever else you may say about them.

axlrosen · 10-27-2006, 01:16 PM

This just proves my theory, that hippos are a cross between Jar Jar Binks and Austin Powers.

So, do is not look to anyone else like that hippo is just about to choke? Anyone know the hippo Heimlich?

Sheldonrs · 10-27-2006, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

The eating style or the fine conversation about Jar Jar's heritage?

Both. I grew up in NJ.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2006, 03:11 PM

I don't think the hippo will choke....that pumpkin is in the "crush zone"....and there is plenty of water to wash it down.

Slugs don't trip, either.

I wonder what the two lower teeth that stick straight out are for? Digging?

Flint · 10-27-2006, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I wonder what the two lower teeth that stick straight out are for?

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2006, 03:21 PM

Don't be silly, Hippos don't eat pallets.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2006, 03:26 PM

OK, they're supposed to be pointed. So they're for stabbing.....and keeping the line moving.

SPUCK · 10-28-2006, 04:34 AM

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wonder what the two lower teeth that stick straight out are for? Digging?

I agree. I have often wondered what most the teeth in a Hippo's mouth are for. They are just so random. Like sticks stuck into a mud bank.

At night they come out of the crap soup they sit in all day and graze like cows. But what do the graze with??!

Trilby · 10-28-2006, 08:03 AM

Hippos need dentists.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-28-2006, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by SPUCK

At night they come out of the crap soup they sit in all day and graze like cows. But what do the graze with??!

Impunity?

YellowBolt · 10-28-2006, 09:38 PM

I would have been more impressed by "Pumpkin eats hippo"...

10-27-2006, 10:11 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	October 27, 2006: Hippo eats pumpkin xoB sends along this WaPo image to continue the pumpkin theme on Friday. We've had a lot of these beasts on IotD, but this one is still mind-boggling, to see "Cuddles" (her actual name), 43 years old at the San Francisco Zoo, opening that massive maw and chomping down on an entire large-size pumpkin. Imagine what damage she could do. I was recently reminded of the much-hated Jar Jar Binks character, and I was thinking, what sort of animal would evolve to have eyes protruding out like that? It's not a good placement, if you don't want to go blind the first time you accidentally trip. It would have to be a predatory beast that spent most of its time partly submerged, so the eyes could spot things above water while the body stayed below for cover. Jar Jar's race is supposed to have evolved under water, so perhaps some thought has been put into his design beyond childish comic relief.

10-27-2006, 10:14 AM	#2
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	This reminds me of every family dinner I ever went to. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

10-27-2006, 10:56 AM	#3
ladyangevil LadyAnGeVIL Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: brunei Posts: 13	jar jar binks lol i love/hate that character. yeap.maybe he comes from the crocodile family.lol.

10-27-2006, 01:02 PM	#5
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	Slugs have protruding eyes and aren't submersed predatory beasts, whatever else you may say about them. __________________ A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. - Joey Lauren Adams

10-27-2006, 01:16 PM	#6
axlrosen Major Inhabitant Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 125	This just proves my theory, that hippos are a cross between Jar Jar Binks and Austin Powers. So, do is not look to anyone else like that hippo is just about to choke? Anyone know the hippo Heimlich? __________________ Warp Bill Gates

10-27-2006, 03:11 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I don't think the hippo will choke....that pumpkin is in the "crush zone"....and there is plenty of water to wash it down. Slugs don't trip, either. I wonder what the two lower teeth that stick straight out are for? Digging? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-27-2006, 03:21 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Don't be silly, Hippos don't eat pallets. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-27-2006, 03:26 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OK, they're supposed to be pointed. So they're for stabbing.....and keeping the line moving. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-28-2006, 08:03 AM	#13
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Hippos need dentists.

10-28-2006, 09:38 PM	#15
YellowBolt I lurk with the best of them Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: not close to philadelphia. :( well, not THAT close. Posts: 146	I would have been more impressed by "Pumpkin eats hippo"...

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