Geoff:

Do encourage us. There's a wealth of generosity in the the soul of the hippopotamus, and, the deeper one submerges with that soul, the greater the payoff in terms of coming face to face with the nature of the Infinite.

Couldn't you paste some delectable facts here from the article we could chew on along with our daily diet of grass? There's bound to be some words for us to dentalize (no it's not a word, but I'm just expressing my hunger).

'Sides: It is the season of fat and jolly things, and nothin's fatter or jollier than a hippo. (If hippos are closest to whales, and hippos are also close to babirussas, then I wonder how close babirussas are to whales? Does National Geo. get into that, too, hmmmmm?)

Beast regards,
WW

P.S. Another alert reader here on AWAD did refer to the National Geo. article, but I don't have the magazine. Again, it would be good to read a few of the more succulent quotes here. Imagine a hippo breaching the waves, blow hole in its head--the great white hippo, Moby Hipp. Just call me Wishtale.