Tag Archives: Hippopotamus

Island hopping hippos

Posted on January 19, 2018 by twilightbeasts

My mum passed away suddenly at the beginning of January. It was a huge shock. It still is a huge shock. It still doesn’t seem real that I will never see her again. Life is so fragile. I wish there … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Choeropsis liberiensis, Cretan Dwarf Hippopotamus, Cretan Dwarf Mammoth, European Hippopotamus, Giant Maltese Dormouse, Hippo, Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, Hippopotamus antiquus, Hippopotamus Creutzurgi, Hippopotamus laloumerna, Hippopotamus lemerlei, Hippopotamus madagascariensis, Hippopotamus melitensis, Hippopotamus minor, Hippotamus Polka, Homo floresiensis, Mammoth, Pygmy Hippopotamus, Sardinian Dwarf Mammoth, Taweret | 10 Comments

An elephant shakes a tree

Posted on June 9, 2017 by twilightbeasts

Mammoths get all the attention. Like an annoying younger sibling, they hog a limelight that should be more equally shared. Occasionally, the mastodon gets a whisp of publicity, which is notable mostly for its rarity. The vast family of proboscideans … Continue reading →

Posted in Columbian Mammoth, Deinotherium, Extinction, Hippopotamus, Mastodon, Palaeoloxodon, Stegodon, Steppe Mammoth, Woolly Mammoth | Tagged African Bush Elephant, African Elephant, African Forest Elephant, ancient DNA, Asian Elephant, Hippopotamus, Mastodon, Merck’s rhinoceros, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Stegodon, Stegomastodon, Woolly Mammoth | 6 Comments

Survivors

Posted on November 18, 2015 by twilightbeasts

One of the wonderful reasons Twilight Beasts are so dear to us is because most are just downright weird. The peculiar llama with a trunk, dogs with teeth as strong as a hyena, and an armadillo that looked like an igloo were just … Continue reading →

Posted in Saiga antelope | Tagged Bering Strait, Bone crushing dog, Cave bear, Cave Lion, Giant Deer, Glyptodon, Glyptodont, Hippopotamus, Irish Elk, Jan Freedman, Macrauchenia, Mammoth Steppe, Sabre tooth cat, Saiga antelope, Saiga tatarica, Woolly Mammoth | 6 Comments

A test of time

Posted on July 10, 2015 by twilightbeasts

Nothing beats the thrill of holding a fossil in the palm of my hand. Feeling the smooth cold surface gently resting on the top of my bare skin instantly transports me back to the time that creature was alive: for … Continue reading →

Posted in foraminifera | Tagged Axial Tilt, Eccentricity, foram, Foraminifera, glacial period, Hippopotamus, Hyena, interglacial period, Jan Freedman, marine isotope record, Milankovic Cycles, oxygen isotope, Precession, reindeer, Sunspots, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros | 10 Comments

Neanderthals and us: we’re not so different

Posted on May 1, 2015 by twilightbeasts

I cried the first time I saw a Neanderthal. I was 8 years old, sat cross-legged on the wooden floorboards, watching The Land That Time Forgot. Everything around me ceased to exist as I was transported to a world of … Continue reading →

Posted in Neanderthal | Tagged apocrine glands, Earth's Children, eccrine glands, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ernst Haeckel, Friedrich Mayer, George Busk, Gibraltar, Glacial, Hermann Schaaffhausen, Hippopotamus, Homo ergaster, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Homo stupidus, Interglacial, Jean Auel, La Chapelle-aux-Saints, La Ferrassie, La Quina, Le Moustier, Marcellin Boule, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, mitochondrial DNA, Neander Valley, Neanderthal, Nuclear DNA, sebaceous glands, The Land That Time Forgot, Thomas Henry Huxley | 13 Comments

Antique water horses

Posted on September 6, 2014 by twilightbeasts

The year 2014: An enormous 64 foot long hippopotamus makes its way slowly down the River Thames. Longer than a double decker bus, it’s big soft eyes softly peer out of the water welcoming onlookers as it slowly glides past. … Continue reading →

Posted in Hippopotamus | Tagged Cave Lion, Cretan Dwarf Hippopotamus, European Hippopotamus, Florentijn Hofman, Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, Hippopotamus antiquus, Hippopotamus creutzburgi, Hippopotamus major, HippopoThames, Homotherium, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Panthera spelaea, Rhinoceros, Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis, Stephanorhinus sp., Steppe Mammoths, Straight Tusked elephants, Trowelblazer | 2 Comments

An unexpected river horse

Posted on August 19, 2014 by twilightbeasts

In the cool breeze, beneath the shady cover of beech trees in the valley of Kirkdale, North Yorkshire, quarry workers revealed a world long forgotten. It was the summer of 1821, when shrubs and trees were being removed to excavate … Continue reading →

Posted in Hippopotamus | Tagged Acer monspessulanum, Deluge, Elephant, fruit of the cocklebur, Great Flood, Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, Hyena, Kirkdale Caves, Mammoth, Oodes gracilis, Oreston Caves, Rhinoceros, southern European maple, Trapa natans, water chestnut, William Buckland, Woolly rhinoceros, Yealmpton | 11 Comments

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