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Million-year-old tools made of bone raise questions about human ancestors • Mar. 6, 2025, 3:20 AM ET (ABC News (Australia))
Tools made from elephant and hippo bones show ingenuity of human ancestors • Mar. 5, 2025, 4:34 AM ET (Reuters)
Man whose wife was killed in a hippo attack in Africa sues the US company that booked the trip • Feb. 13, 2025, 4:20 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As Hippopotamus amphibius • common hippopotamus • water horse • hippo

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Hippos in Botswana
Keeping cool
Staying submerged
A hippo walking underwater
A herd of hippos
A hippo showing its teeth
A hippopotamus at Kruger National Park in South Africa
Map of Africa showing where populations of common hippopotamuses and pygmy hippopotamus live.
A pygmy hippopotamus in Liberia
The second largest land animal
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