Hippo kills man in Burundi
August 13th, 2012 - 8:04 am ICT by IANS
Bujumbura (Burundi), Aug 13 (IANS) A hippopotamus killed a fisherman in Lake Rweru in central Africa's Burundi, Xinhua reported.The incident took place in the lake in Busoni, in Burundi's northern ... Read more...
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“Nutcracker Man” dined on grasses, not nuts one million years ago!
May 3rd, 2011 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): According to a new study, Paranthropus boisei, an ancient human relative that was nicknamed "Nutcracker Man" because of its powerful jaws and large, flat teeth ate grass and ... Read more...
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Pigs’ love of mud linked to their evolution
April 30th, 2011 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 30 (ANI): It is well known that pigs wallow in mud to keep cool because they do not have normal sweat glands to regulate their body temperature.But a scientist in ... Read more...
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Rare pink hippos spotted in Kenya
October 1st, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Oct 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) British cameramen have come across a very scarce type of hippos, which are pink in color.The Britishers - Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas were looking for wildebeest on the ... Read more...
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Paris Hilton spots ‘tiger’ on safari
July 10th, 2010 - 4:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 10 (ANI): Paris Hilton has become the subject of ridicule after she tweeted that she spotted 'tigers' while on safari in South Africa.Hilton, 29, who has been in the ... Read more...
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Footie fan crosses croc, hippo-infested river to win soccer WC final ticket
July 6th, 2010 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
Johannesburg, July 6 (ANI): A footie fan from Nelspruit, South Africa was so desperate to get a ticket for the finals of the soccer World Cup that he decided to brave a ... Read more...
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(After 12) Outrage over killing of hippo in Colombia
July 17th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Rodrigo Ruiz Tovar
Bogota, July 17 (DPA) The killing of a hippopotamus that escaped from a private zoo once owned by slain drug lord Pablo Escobar has sparked public outrage in Colombia.Pepe, ... Read more...
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Skulls of ancient hippos shed light on origin of Hobbit’s brain
May 9th, 2009 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Ancient Madagascan hippos have shed light on the origins of the small brain of the 1-metre-tall human, known as the 'hobbit'.By examining the skulls of extinct Madagascan hippos, ... Read more...
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Hippos more closely related to whales, not pigs, say researchers
March 19th, 2009 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, March 19 (IANS) Hippos spend lots of time in the water and now, if researchers are to be believed, it turns out that they are the closest living relative to the ... Read more...
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Nearly 100 dead in Namibia’s worst floods in decades
March 19th, 2009 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Windhoek, March 19 (DPA) Residents of the south-west African desert state of Namibia are bracing for what could be "the worst flood in four decades" in the north of the country, local ... Read more...
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Hippo ancestry disputed by scientists
March 19th, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 19 (ANI): A team of scientists has rebutted a recent study that creates a different family tree for the hippo.The team included Jessica Theodor, an associate professor in the ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe faced with worst anthrax outbreak : Aid agency
December 1st, 2008 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Harare, Dec 1 (DPA) An outbreak of the deadly cattle-born disease anthrax is threatening Zimbabwe, compounding a seven-week countrywide epidemic of cholera, an international aid agency warned Monday.The British-based Save the Children ... Read more...
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First time footage of a leopard making mince meat of a crocodile!
July 19th, 2008 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
London , July 19 (ANI): In what is believed to be the first incident of its kind caught on tape, a leopard has been captured hunting another powerful predator a crocodile.Crocodiles ... Read more...
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Tiny deer-like mammals were whales ancestors
December 20th, 2007 - 1:22 pm ICT by admin
Washington, December 20 (ANI): Whales have evolved from tiny deer-like mammals that jumped into rivers to flee prehistoric predators, according to a new study.Lead researcher Hans Thewissen, a palaeontologist at North-eastern ... Read more...
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