It put me in mind of Fantasia - the hippopotamus!
Twelve children and one adult died after a hippopotamus overturned a boat near the Niger capital, Niamey, officials have said.
LAST week we attributed the hunting of the hippopotamus with platinum bullets to Ogden Nash.
These included elephants' tusks, teeth and tail hair, and hippopotamus teeth (the trade in all of which is regulated).
"I SHOOT the hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, because if I use leaden ones, his hide is sure to flatten 'em".
The local people showed whom they believed: a protest rally by the CUF on the anniversary brought out several thousand people, despite heavy rain.Mr Amour, Zanzibar's president, was once described by Nyerere as a hippopotamus for his galumphing political tactics.
The park's abundant and varied animal life includes vervet monkeys, baboons, leopards, lions, elephants, zebras, black rhinoceroses, hippopotamus, kudu, eland, buffaloes, puku, Cookson's wildebeest, wild dogs, hyenas, cheetahs, giraffes, and sable and roan antelopes.
She was depicted as having the head of a hippopotamus standing upright (sometimes with the breasts of a woman), the tail of a crocodile, and the claws of a lion.
Hippopotamuses, crocodiles, and manatees occupy the rivers, including such rare species as the pygmy hippopotamus and the dwarf crocodile.
The park's wildlife includes hippopotamus, buffalo, zebra, elephant, black rhinoceros, lion, sable, oribi, kudu, impala, roan antelope, eland, lechwe, gnu, sitatunga, duiker, and crocodile.
The prehistoric engravings on ivory usually represent animals, often rendered in a masterly manner and combined to form scenes. Elephant tusks and hippopotamus teeth were carved from a very early period in ancient Egypt.
