Essays About Hippos
Essays on the hippopotamus show up in the darndest places--from a veterinarian's memoirs to popular fiction to the Bible. Here are some of my favorites:
- Jean-Pierre Hallet, "Kiboko: The Fat Proletarian," Animal Kitabu (Random House, 1967)
Wherein an African explorer offers an entertaining yet informative introduction to the hippopotamus in its native habitat
- "Pigs and Hippopotamuses," The Book of Knowledge, 1934, V
Wherein a scholar, writing over sixty years ago, contemplates the hippo's future
- Michael Crichton, "Day 6: Liko," Congo (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1980)
Wherein the well-known author presents a brief but dramatic background on the hippopotamus
- Gerald Durrell, Encounters with Animals (John Cushman Associates, Inc., 1958)
Wherein a collector of wild animals witnesses the more violent aspects of hippo courtship
- Jack Hamm, "How to Draw the Hippopotamus," How to Draw Animals (Grosset & Dunlap, 1969)
Wherein a professional artist offers his advice for drawing the hippopotamus better--by comparing it with the rhinoceros
- The Book of Job 40:15-24
Wherein God describes the monster Behemoth to Job
- Reinhard Künkel, "Hippos," Ngorongoro (HarperCollins, 1992)
Wherein a husband-and-wife team of naturalists observes the unique behavior of the hippos of Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania
- David Taylor, Zoo Vet (J. B. Lippincott Co., 1977)
Wherein a British zoo veterinarian recalls the extraordinary events surrounding the arrival of a new hippopotamus
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