Nico Courteney with the pygmy hippo he shot south of Darwin while spotlighting for pigs. Picture: Northern Territory News
Posted on 11/16/2009 10:29:44 AM PST by JoeProBono
A PYGMY hippopotamus has been shot dead during a pig hunting expedition in the Northern Territory.
The hippo is normally native to the swamps of west Africa, in particular Liberia.
The Northern Territory News reports, Nico Courtney, 27, was out spotlighting for pigs with his mate Rusty on a station in the Douglas Daly district 200km south of Darwin on Saturday night.
"It was about 1am and running away from us - from the tail end it just looked like a big pig," Mr Courtney said. "We got out, had a look at it, and thought 'that's not a pig, it's a hippo'.
"Then we thought 'you don't get hippos in Australia'."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
Nico Courteney with the pygmy hippo he shot south of Darwin while spotlighting for pigs. Picture: Northern Territory News
This ain’t gonna fit on the barby mate...
Is it good eatin’ ?
Ying and Yang in the Universe, American prehistoric elephants and pygmy hippos!
Kind of reminds me of a gray Barney the Dinosaur.
I am pretty sure this is a duplicate, but rather than be the duplicate police I will re-ask the question I asked before (embellished):
What did it taste like? Pig or chicken?
PETERMAN: Elaine.
ELAINE: Hi, Mr Peterman.
PETERMAN: You know what a huge fan I am of John F Kennedy.
ELAINE: I do.
PETERMAN: It was the Peace Corps that gave me my start in this business. Clothing the naked natives of Bantu Besh.
ELAINE: The pygmy pullover.
That looks like that unknown creature that washed up on shore somewhere quite a while ago........
That looks like the “cross dressing” Ken doll.......
MmmmmMMMmmm.... Hippo bacon!
I hope the hunters were wearing their Chambray nightshirts:
Eddie: It’s a hot night. The mind races. You think about your knife; the only friend who hasn’t betrayed you, the only friend who won’t be dead by sun up. Sleep tight, mates, in your quilted Chambray nightshirts.
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