When Good Hippos Go Bad.

• Autores: Steve Mirsky
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 282, Nº. 1, 2000, págs. 28-28
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Provides a humorous discussion of the sexual behavior of the hippopotamus. Example of zookeeper Jean Ducuing, whose trampling by a hippo may have been caused by the animal's mistaking of a tractor for another hippo; A species of leech which seems to mate only in the rectum of a hippo; The poor eyesight of hippos and their sexual behavior.