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[–] 12 points 11 months ago

Hungry Hungarian Hippos

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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

    Oh TIL that, while pachyderms are elephants, they're also hippos and rhinoceroses and tapirs! Good thing I checked before being confidently incorrect! Don't trust anything you learned as a child.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Sure, but pachyderms are a polyphyletic group that doesn't match with genetics.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachydermata

    Elephants cluster with hyraxes, manatees, and dugongs.

    Hippos are closer to whales, dolphins, and porpoises than any is to elephants.

    Rhinos are closer to horses and tapirs than any is to hippos or elephants.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    Yes, the word is not used to group them scientifically anymore, but can still describe them as thick-skinned.

    The hungry Hungary hippos have thick but sensitive skin, so they soak in the swamp. Rampageous rhinoceroses and easygoing elephants also have thick skin, often mottled with mud, as they saunter through the savannah.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I laughed.

    I'm also drunk.

    So either the joke is good or I'm easily amused right now. I'd say it's both. Good work.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    As long as the aren't Technicolor. That would really be too much for me

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