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In 2018, a Chinese tourist and a local fisherman were killed in hippo attacks on the same day in Kenya.
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CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
In September, a chubby pygmy hippo in Thailand became an online celebrity, and her home zoo became its own kind of creator, producing Moo Deng videos and selling merchandise.
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Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
The Edinburgh Zoo promoted its newborn pygmy hippo Haggis this month as a rival to Moo Deng’s famed cuteness.
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Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
The now one-month-old hippo first made headlines after her birth last month, following the social media fervor surrounding Thailand's pygmy hippo Moo Deng this past summer.
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Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1850, in the meaning defined above
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“Hippo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hippo. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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Nglish: Translation of hippo for Spanish Speakers
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about hippo
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