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The great hippo debate
timeslive ^ | May 23, 2010 12 | Ndumiso Ngcobo

Posted on 05/22/2010 7:02:09 PM PDT by JoeProBono

I am blessed with a wide array of personality defects, such as an overinflated sense of self importance, an incredible lack of attention to detail and general belligerence.

However, the personality disorder that takes the cake is my argumentativeness. My need to start and win arguments is pathological. And I'm one of those types who will not allow reason, common decency or the World Wide Web come between me and a loud and violent debate. As a result, I'm drawn to like-minded people who love a good old scrap.

This thought was sparked off by an incident a couple of weeks ago. A friend of mine, Siyabonga, sent me an arbitrary sms containing a few "facts" about the hippo. These facts were along the lines of "Did you know that the hippo can outrun Usain Bolt; its skin is impregnable to snake bites, and it kills more humans annually than any of the other Big Five?"


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: hippo; hungryhungryhippos; jojohippoknows; jpb; pitbull
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21 posted on 05/22/2010 7:50:28 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Roscoe Karns
BWAHAHAHA!


22 posted on 05/22/2010 8:01:04 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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In various Animal Planet-type documentaries I've heard that hippos are surprisingly fast (but can't recall any numbers) and very nasty,particularly when there are young involved,and *do* kill more people than any other creature...lions and crocs included.
23 posted on 05/22/2010 8:04:26 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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24 posted on 05/22/2010 8:09:18 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: chris_bdba
I have heard that the Rinos will charge the trams at times and I do not think I’d want to be in one when this happened!

I went to Ngorongoro Crater National Park in Tanzania a number of years back and while there we encountered a rhino (which,I was told,was rare even back then).The guide told us that we couldn't get any closer than about 500 yards because rhinos are fast,they *will* charge a Land Rover and if they manage to catch it the rhino "wins".

25 posted on 05/22/2010 8:13:26 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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I used to be a zookeeper. One of my favorite things was to watch our zebra torment one of the rhinos. He would come up behind the rhino and bite him on the posterior. The rhino would then turn around while the zebra patiently waited on him. It was like an 18 wheeler turning around.

The zebra would spin around and kick the rhino in the mouth. Then he’d take off running. The lumbering rhino would start chasing the zebra and would eventually pick up speed. The zebra would step aside like in a cartoon and watch the rhino speed on by, apparently having forgotten what he was mad about.

When the rhino stopped, the process would start all over again.


26 posted on 05/22/2010 8:31:55 PM PDT by gitmo ( The democRats drew first blood. It's our turn now.)
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To: JoeProBono

Any news on the dog?


27 posted on 05/22/2010 8:54:48 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: chris_bdba

28 posted on 05/22/2010 9:07:15 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdfQJ3n0_rY

FWIW


29 posted on 05/22/2010 10:35:55 PM PDT by DoorGunner ("Rom 11: until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; 26 and so, all Israel will be saved")
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To: Yardstick

I missed the ears thing because I was focused on those beady eyes bearing down on the subject.


30 posted on 05/23/2010 5:27:57 AM PDT by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty in the coming year)
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