if i was reincarnated, I'd like to come back as a hippopotamus. What about you?
I might consider a bear or lion. I know the hippos get their name from a Greek word meaning water horse
Water horse? That's amazing. I didn't know there were hippopotamus during the Greek times. I heard they can be pretty aggressive. Have you ever seen one?
extant artiodactyl. Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial even-toed ungulates, the closest living relatives of the Hippopotamidae are cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises, etc.) from which they diverged about 55 million years ago.
Common hippos are recognisable by their barrel-shaped torsos, wide-opening mouths revealing large canine tusks, nearly hairless bodies, columnar legs and large size; adults average and for males and females respectively. Despite its stocky shape and short legs, it is capable of running over
leaders from the start, went to the front approaching the final furlong and won "smoothly" by one and a half lengths from Mattmu. Candy commented "You don't get them like that very often. It was a most amazing performance. I think Graham was absolutely blown away by it. He didn't know what to say when he came back. It was wonderful... I'd say this horse was as good as any I've trained".
Racing career 2015: three-year-old season.