So I realized that maybe my interest in hippos body surfing in Gabon might have seemed random, and wanted to write a quick follow up post on why, as a doctoral student studying conflict prevention and social resilience, I enjoyed the article so much. Aside from the hippos, which were pretty cute. There are a … Continue reading A follow up post on the hippos
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The economics of body surfing hippos
I'm not sure how many people scanned through the scrolling photos on the top of the BBC website today, but I stopped on the one that featured two hippos body surfing. I wasn't sure what the article was about, but I'm a sucker for anthropomorphic animals. It turns out that these hippos live in Gabon, … Continue reading The economics of body surfing hippos
Charles P. Martin-Shields 