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Lory Herbison & George W. Frame
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Wildlife biologists. Authors of Swift and Enduring: Cheetahs and Wild Dogs of the Serengeti.
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Hippopotamus, (Hippopotamus amphibius), amphibious African ungulate mammal. Often considered to be the second largest land animal (after the elephant), the hippopotamus is comparable in size and weight to the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) and the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis).…
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