Hippopotamus There is only two hippopotamus species in the whole world, the pygmy hippo and the common hippo. The common Hippopotamus is not a small animal it is a very large one! The pygmy Hippo is pretty much a smaller kind of the Common Hippopotamus. The common hippo has the majority of the body in the middle section of the body. That is where they have the thickest area of the skin. Even the thickest skin can crack in the sun for a hippopotamus; they produce red skin moisture in its skin glands
The Hippopotamus: Endangered Species Report Jason Wapiennik Mr. Trippeer, Biology January 6th, 1997 The ban on elephant ivory trading has slowed down the poaching of elephants, but now poachers are getting their ivory from another creature, the hippopotamus. For the poacher, the hippo is an easy target. They stay together for long hours in muddy water pools, as many as eighty-one can be found in a single square mile. This concentration is so big it's only second to that of the elephant. Poachers
The hippopotamus is a very unique and interesting species. I don't believe that pollution is a major factor when it comes to the affect on Hippopotamuses in east Africa. Pollution is a major factor when it comes to life on many places in the world. However, I don't believe that pollution necessarily affects Africa as much as it does other parts of the world such as, for an example, California. Many people believe that pollution is killing animals world wide. To some extent this is actually
The Evolution of Whales Image sitting on the beach one July morning. The sun is beaming down and decide to go for a swim. As you approach the water, you see a whale unusually close. You begin to get nervous as it continues to approach the shore. However, you aren’t worried because you know that they are confined to the sea. As the whale comes near you can see it clearly. Just as you think that it will turn around, the whale walks out of the ocean! If you were to live during the tertiary
Britannica classifies the Leviathan as a sea serpent that represents Israel’s enemies and the Behemoth as a powerful hippopotamus. But what are they really? Do they have a deeper meaning? Or are they simply animals that walked the earth? Both of these creatures appear in the book of Job. The Leviathan is also found in other places throughout the Bible in Psalm, Revelation, Isaiah and even sources of mythology. However, the Behemoth is only found in Job 40:14-24. These creatures have puzzled Christians
hippopotamuses that I was not previously aware of. The hippopotamus is a part of the Animalia kingdom and from that it branches into being a part of the phylum, Chordata. They fall into the Mammalia class which flows into the order of Artiodactyla. The hippopotamus belongs to the Hippopotamidea family. The genus they belong to is the Hippopotamus. The species they belong to is H. Amphibious. (Burnie, David & Don E. Wilson, 2011) The pygmy hippopotamus, while it belongs to the same family, falls into a
In his poem, “The Hippopotamus,” T.S. Eliot asserts doubts about the institution of the Church and its apparent corruption resulting from its basis in a tainted world. T.S. Eliot composed many works concerning the despondent state of theology and faith, but as a result of his “lifetime of conflicting attitudes” (Bush 32), “The Hippopotamus” has remained obscured and somewhat insignificant to his legacy. Written before he converted to Christianity, Eliot’s uses his knowledge of religion from his
Madagascar's economy posted a strong recovery in 2003 following a severe economic deterioration due to the eight-month political crisis in 2002. Growth has slowed in 2004, and the economy has suffered from two cyclones, substantial depreciation of the Malagasy franc, and rising prices for the petroleum and rice on the world market during the year. DEPENDENCY THEORY VERSUS MODERERNIZATION THEORY Although the early history of Madagascar is somewhat vague, it is believed that human beings first set foot
than that. During a time when land was being snatched up and claimed by many Euro-Asia countries little had any right or reason to have the land. This time of imperialism effected economic markets, religion, and many other things pertaining to the Malagasy. Throughout the centuries countries and mankind have always wanted one thing: power. This power can be in many forms such as money, property, friends, or technology. During the 1800s to 1914 many countries found land in Africa that had “primitive”