The pygmy is one of only two extant species in the Hippopotamidae family, the other being its much larger cousin the common hippopotamus. [source] A rare nocturnal forest creature, the World Conservation Union estimates that there are fewer than 3,000 pygmy hippos remaining in the wild. ...
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The museum I was thinking about more than any other when I wrote that is the Museum of Osteology in Oklahoma City. I don’t get there every year, but I stop in as often as possible, and I make it more years than not. And yet, looking back through the archives I see that almost ...