Monifa, "I am lucky" in Yoruba, is the world's newest and cutest pygmy hippo, born into captivity at NSW, Australia's Taronga Zoo.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts on Nov 7, 2008 - 27 comments

It thinks it's people!
posted by thirteenkiller on Jul 21, 2007 - 84 comments

Owen and Mzee (pdf). Also, Blog, Snopes, Wikipedia.
posted by seanyboy on Aug 3, 2006 - 16 comments

Worst. Toy. Ever.
posted by PenDevil on Jan 28, 2004 - 30 comments

Darwin Visits the Ukraine...
"The girl...was messing around outside the fence and then decided, for some reason, to go and play and swim with the hippopotamus''
Why? Because lack of common sense is a global, and playing with exotic animals is fun and trendy. No word on whether they had to kill the hippo and test it's brain for rabies.
posted by hotdoughnutsnow on Aug 1, 2001 - 12 comments