June 10 - Geo Hippo

Dorothy: Your Majesty, if you were king, you wouldn't be afraid of anything?
Cowardly Lion: Not nobody! Not nohow!
Tin Woodsman: Not even a rhinoceros?
Cowardly Lion: Imposerous!
Dorothy: How about a hippopotamus?
Cowardly Lion: Why, I'd thrash him from top to bottomus!

Geo Hippo is probably one of my favorite uses of the flowerbud design by Matt Falloon.  A geo works *perfect* for the nose and the flowerbud body is wonderfully stocky, but my favorite part is definitely the goofy teeth poking through the bottom.

There's two important things I'd like to note about hippopotamus:
First, they are endangered. Their habitats are set upon by humans through farming and war and poachers kill them for their ivory tusks and for sport.

Secondly, they are not the cute chubby creatures that they look like or are protrayed in cartoons. We all know from the Jungle Cruise that they're angry when they wiggle their ears, but they are one of the more aggressive creatures in the world and one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. Even on land it can outpace a human at 30mph (though more likely it would be running towards water...).

These are some hip-hopopotamus!

Hippo, Hippie	No no, we're not from Hungary Hungary ...
My rhymes are bottomless!

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