mjausson, 1 month ago

@ai6yr This appears to be more common than I thought.

ai6yr, 1 month ago

@mjausson I'm thinking Japanese zookeepers aren't very good at this.

ai6yr, 1 month ago

• I guess no veterinarian was eager to go sticking their fingers down there to figure out what was going on, as hippos are known to kill humans just because.

ai6yr, 1 month ago

Google has zero results on "how to sex a hippo" -- that's a first. Let's see what Bing's AI comes up with, LOL.

Zero results on "how to sex a hippo"

ai6yr, 1 month ago

LOL GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out)

BakerRL75, 1 month ago

@ai6yr “Let’s explore…”?

ai6yr, 1 month ago

You'd think there would be some kind of info on this, given that "cocaine hippos" imported by a drug lord are taking over the country of Colombia (and their fix is to try to sterilize them...) #hippos #invasivespecies #druglords https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/invasive-cocaine-hippos-are-being-sterilized-in-colombia/

knowattitude, 1 month ago

@ai6yr Imagine trying to guess something like this in the days of "What's My Line?"

BatSara, 1 month ago

@ai6yr Tangentially, this is reminding me of Ernesto Sirolli's TED talk about international aid ("My God, the hippos!"): https://www.ted.com/talks/ernesto_sirolli_want_to_help_someone_shut_up_and_listen/transcript

ColesStreetPothole, 1 month ago

@ai6yr
Or you could, you know, see which one has the schlong.

ai6yr, 1 month ago

@ColesStreetPothole Searching for "hippo schlong" comes up with this (on Spotify, so no idea if it's a real song or not) -- I have surely cursed the ad engines now 😂

If I am correct, this is the "Killer Hippo Schlong Song"

ColesStreetPothole, 1 month ago

@ai6yr Here's a hippo fact: male hippos don't really have descended testes, but their penis is pendulous, and it FACES BACKWARDS.

paninid, 1 month ago

@ColesStreetPothole @ai6yr

Season 4 Wow GIF by The Office

ai6yr, 1 month ago

@paninid @ColesStreetPothole Indeed, there is a song called "Killer Hippo" by "Schlong" (Jazz...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3fiQYyvbSs

kc2ihx, 1 month ago

@ai6yr

This is one of those posts of yours where I have to go read the thread to find out if this is related to a project of yours or something in the news...

ai6yr, 1 month ago

@kc2ihx 😂 Next time I'm trying to figure out if a hippo is male or female as a project, I will let you know.

jqheywood, 1 month ago

@ai6yr The obvious answer is, of course, "very carefully"

EVDHmn, 1 month ago

@jqheywood @ai6yr
Just fyi sexing a Hippo or not you should still be cautious around hippos and mosquitos.. and apparently humans.

The diseases that mosquitos carry and transmit to people they bite, on the other hand, kill 725,000. Pollution kills more I think 🤔 just slower.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mosquitoes-kill-more-humans-human-murderers-do-180951272/