An Illustrated Guide to Hippo Castration (2014)
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4 days ago
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| science.org
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snthpy
1 hour ago
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Short and sweet. An absolute masterpiece of scientific writing!

A family friend used to run a travel business with tours to the Okavango Delta. When I asked him how it was going, he replied "Great, we've only ever lost one honeymoon couple to hippos"! People don't realise they are one of the most dangerous animals to humans.

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tumidpandora
37 minutes ago
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> hippos' stunning wound-healing abilities—perhaps related to the antibacterial properties of the creepy "red sweat" that coats their skin

sounds interesting and definitely something worth looking into as well

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pugworthy
1 hour ago
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I mean, sensationalistic or "Why didn't you post on / This isn't reddit" or not, this is one of the more amazing opening sentences ever...

> Few things in this world are as elusive as a hippopotamus testicle

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onionisafruit
1 hour ago
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I was fond of “all the surviving animals were able to return to their feces-infested communal pools within hours of the surgery with no negative consequences”
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andsoitis
1 hour ago
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Animal cruelty is immoral.
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card_zero
1 hour ago
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So is sanctimony, good job nobody around here is being cruel or sanctimonious.
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gnabgib
2 hours ago
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(2014)
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aaronbrethorst
1 hour ago
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I don't think much has changed in the state of the art of hippo castration in the last twelve years.
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RobotCaleb
44 minutes ago
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Oh yeah, never mind. Not worth talking about. Didn't happen today.
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tomhow
17 minutes ago
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Please don't post snarky comments here.

That user is one of the most engaged, helpful users on HN and it's a long-standing convention that the year is appended to titles of articles that are not current.

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Sniffnoy
31 minutes ago
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They're not saying it's not worth talking about. They're saying it should have a date tag, as is customary for old articles on Hacker News.
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mbrezu
1 hour ago
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How long before this is included in an AI benchmark? Can't wait :-)
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