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Today is #WorldHippoDay 🦛🩶 DYK #Hippos secrete red sweat to stay cool in #WestAfrica? Altho #herbivores, parents fiercely protect infants leading to human conflict. #PalmOil #deforestation is a threat #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/…
For #WorldHippoDay an #Egyptian carving of a Hippo, made 5,000 years ago from calcite.
Hippopotami were regarded as very dangerous animals, but they were also associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 mine
