Back caption: Hippopotamus--Bronx Zoo / There is an old superstition that a hippopotamus "sweats blood." Actually the body pores exude drops of brownish oil, which appear reddish in sunlight. This oil...
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Back caption: New York Zoological Park (Bronx Zoo) / He holds the record / Peter the Great (usually called "Pete") is the oldest Hippopotamus recorded in any zoo in the world. He was born on July 13, ...
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"The largest NASA Hubble Space Telescope image ever assembled, this sweeping bird’s-eye view of a portion of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) is the sharpest large composite image ever taken of our galactic...