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Rare pygmy hippos caught on film
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3-10-2008 8:36 AM
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tabsey
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The opening paragraph said that they had survived wars, poaching and illegal logging.
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3-10-2008
11:07 AM
CarnivalBorn
House Hippos!
3-10-2008
12:56 PM
tanyamm
Do you mean the little ones that live in closets and make their nests from dust bunnies and dryer lint?
3-10-2008
1:17 PM
CarnivalBorn
Precisely
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