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[b_loodflower]

This is stupid. I just went outside to see what it's like when this huge herd of reindeer come barging at me! What did I ever do to that them? I was just outside!

I got back before they trampled me into pieces but once I go inside I come face to face with this huge... thing. I think it's another animal but I have no idea what the hell it is. It's

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[second_first]

Hippopotamus.

[b_loodflower]

...That's such a weird name.

[second_first]

"River horse." From the Greek.

[b_loodflower]

So it's a horse that swims?

[second_first]

No.

[b_loodflower]

A horse that lives in the river only?

[second_first]

Not a horse. A hippopotamus.

[b_loodflower]

But I thought you said a hippopotamus was a river horse.

[second_first]

It's the literal meaning.

[b_loodflower]

So it's not a horse.

[second_first]

No. It's a hippopotamus.

[b_loodflower]

Does it live in a river though?

[second_first]

Yes.

[b_loodflower]

It looks like it would totally sink in a river though.

[second_first]

It can swim.

[b_loodflower]

Really?