From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8295 invoked by alias); 13 Jan 2010 22:53:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 8281 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Jan 2010 22:53:42 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,PLING_QUERY,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nihxway5out.hub.nih.gov (HELO nihxway5out.hub.nih.gov) (128.231.90.113) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:53:38 +0000 X-IronPortListener: Outbound_SMTP Received: from nihcessmtp2.hub.nih.gov ([128.231.90.116]) by nihxway5out.hub.nih.gov with ESMTP; 13 Jan 2010 17:53:36 -0500 Received: from NIHHT01.nih.gov ([156.40.71.20]) by NIHCESSMTP2.hub.nih.gov with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:53:20 -0500 Received: from NIHMLBX02.nih.gov ([156.40.71.32]) by NIHHT01.nih.gov ([156.40.71.20]) with mapi; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:53:20 -0500 From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" To: "cygwin-talk@cygwin.com" Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:53:00 -0000 Subject: RE: Run, Nikica, Run! ...err swim? wade? float? wallow? Message-ID: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A208ABDEF836@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> References: <4B4E29F7.2050503@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B4E29F7.2050503@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-q1/txt/msg00003.txt.bz2 Dave Korn sent the following at Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:16 PM > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8456298.stm >> Hippo escapes from Montenegro zoo >> >> >> A female hippo, Nikica, is on the loose in a village in southern >> Montenegro after escaping from a flooded zoo. >> >> The two-tonne animal, considered one of the world's most dangerous, >> reportedly swam over the wall of her pen during heavy flooding in the >> Balkan country. > >[ ... more ... ] > Accompanied by video of a surprisingly placid and content-looking > hippo, considering that water can't be at anything remotely like > African temperatures. I think that a hippo is pretty well insulated, so it is not clear to me that Nikica would be that uncomfortable. Extinct species of Hippos lived far north as Britain. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus#Extinct_species Do northern zoos let their hippos go outside in the winter? - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.