[Fred Nerks]

Panayides said the fossils show the Cypriot hippos had legs and feet adapted to land, enabling them to stand on their hind legs to reach tree branches.

The pygmy hippo is an herbivore; it feeds only on plant material. It uproots swamp plants and eats them whole. The hippo also crushes hard fruit with its strong teeth and strips leaves from shrubs and young trees. It sometimes reaches higher branches by standing on its hind legs and leaning on the tree trunk with its front legs.

Height: 2 1/3-3ft.

Length: Head and body,5-6ft.tall, 6in.

Weight: 350-600lb.

[SunkenCiv]

Maybe they were taken to the island as pets. ;’) They’re so darned cute. Other than their disposition of course. More people die in hippo attacks each year than from crocodile attacks.