My latest for Takepart: Most people fill never heard of pygmy hippos,much less seen one. Until 1844, even scientists did not recognize the existence of this species—a miniaturized, and snubbier-nosed (and considerably cuter) 400-pound version of the familiar 3300-pound common hippo. But pygmy hippos are now rapidly disappearing from their West African habitat—and the culprits […]
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