Rare Pygmy Hippo Living in Calif. Back Yard Seized by State

[tm37]

FOX NEWS STORY

Right there in Escondido

My Favorite parts to the story.

"I know he used the hippo manure on his garden," said Bill Ritcher. "It can smell pretty dang bad."

"Apparently a boy was with his father while he dealt with the agent, and the kid said, "Hey, that looks like a hippo,"' game warden Awbrey said. "And the dad and agent said, 'That is a hippo!' The kid asked if they bought the property, if the hippo was included."

 

[apothos]

So is hippo manure better for your garden than horse manure I wonder?

 

[FoBoT]

did you ever see that show on animal planet about animal dung/how animals deficate?

they showed hippos using their tales like windshield wipers back there, flipping the stuff all over the place, i guess a pygmy hippo does the same?

 

[Kilgor]

I wonder what Pygmy Hippo tastes like?

 

[Brutuskend]

Only in California................

 

[Geekbabe]

LOL,only in Cali, I love it, you'd never see that here in Boston

 

[bonk102]

wow,, i dont know what else to say

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: Kilgor
I wonder what Pygmy Hippo tastes like?

Chicken:Q

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: tm37

Originally posted by: Kilgor
I wonder what Pygmy Hippo tastes like?

Chicken:Q

 

[Lucky]

http://www.ultimateungulate.com/pygmyhippo.html

pics

 

[jjones]

What I want to know is how does something the size of a pygmy hippo get through Customs without being flagged. This is a hippo; it's huge, it smells, it takes hefty bag sized dumps. How can something like that get through animal quarantine without being noticed?

 

[OrganizedChaos]

If the guy is smart enough to get it into the country and take care of it for this long why not let him keep it. As long as the hippo is happy there it shouldn't matter where it is.

 

[djheater]

<---:Q hides pygmy hippo...

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
If the guy is smart enough to get it into the country and take care of it for this long why not let him keep it. As long as the hippo is happy there it shouldn't matter where it is.

Accually the hippo wasn't properly cared for so that arguement doen't work.

 

[djheater]

....wait... we're supposed to read the link before posting?.... are you sure...

 

[b0mbrman]

Having a pygmy hippo would be pretty damn cool

 

[WombatWoman]

Originally posted by: Kilgor
I wonder what Pygmy Hippo tastes like?

Pygmy hippo tastes like a cross between whooping crane and snail darter.

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: WombatWoman

Originally posted by: Kilgor
I wonder what Pygmy Hippo tastes like?

Pygmy hippo tastes like a cross between whooping crane and snail darter.

SO is that like burnt chicken?

 

[her209]

I bet it taste more like horsemeat.

 

[Cyberian]

Stehly's neighbors have known about the hippo, but had never seen it.

"My next door neighbor has a pet Hippo"

"Oh, really?"

"Sure! Of course, no one has ever actually seen it, but ....."