America could have been a nation of hippopotamus eaters

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By slaskowFeb 18, 2014, 2:13 pm51 pts
The journalist Jon Mooallem has an exceptional talent for writing about strange animal stories, and his new story (on This American Life and in a e-book for the Atavist) is really surprising: Turns out that early in the last century, two guys thought it would be a great idea for Americans to farm hippopotamus…

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