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Standing hippopotamus, c.1900 BC, (faience)

Egyptian 12th Dynasty

THE HIPPOPOTAMUS

Behold the Hippopotamus!

We laugh at how he looks to us,

And yet in moments dank and grim

I wonder how we look to him.

Peace, peace, thou hippopotamus!

We really look all right to us,

As you no doubt delight the eye

Of other hippopotami.

         Ogden Nash