Hippos Revisited – Varmints! – 93

Hippos! Hey Varminions! Let’s revisit this hilarious episode that our buddy Toph suggested! Time to talk about hippos! And now, the news! Fiona the Hippo [...]

Hippos!

Hey Varminions! Let’s revisit this hilarious episode that our buddy Toph suggested! Time to talk about hippos!

And now, the news!
Fiona the Hippo Will Be Starring In Her Very Own Facebook Show

Dawwwwwwwwwww!

Varmints! doesn’t approve of the use of the term “monster” as applied to any animal, because none of them are monsters, but these guys are monstrously huge so we’ll let it pass. This time. Courtesy of YouTube user Joker.

RAWR!

Wanna learn about hippo poop? ‘Course ya do! Check out the article here and get your dump of poo-knowledge!

Stay outta the splatter zone, look out for the poo-preller!  

And, just because we may be a little poo-obssessed here on Varmints!, here’s a video. For the safety of your keyboard, don’t have anything to drink while you are watching. Courtesy of YouTube user Clip Comedy.

Pootrients!

Time for Hungry Hungry Hippos! Courtesy of YouTube user oscartripe.

Remember Animaniacs? Hippos Flavio and Marita were hippo-larious!

Terrifying videos of hippos chasing boats, as we promised. Whee! Be warned there might be some cursing in these. Because you know, hippo chasing your boat. Courtesy of YouTube users ABC News, and Evan Petkau.

Hippos in South America? Yep. Check out this article, “Pablo Escobar’s hippos: A growing problem” from the BBC.

A yawning problem. Ah ha ha. No, it’s not funny, just, you know. Couldn’t resist.

Time to learn about squee tiny hippos! EEEEEEEEE! Click this link and prepare to die from the cuteness.

Aaaaaaah! The cute! I can’t! I’m dyin’!

Now you know a bit more about hippos than you did this morning! What’s your opinion on them? We want to hear from you! Send us your suggestions for animals you’d like to hear us talk about, volunteer your rugrat to say something on our podcast, or just drop us a line about anything at [email protected]! We might even read your fascinating email on the show.

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Kari McGinnis runs Blazing Caribou Studios and is a co-host on the podcasts Feast On History and Trivia Geeks Live.
Chris Braaten runs the Podfix Network and is a co-host on More Gooder Than.
Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.
Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)
Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.
Andrea Freitas runs the A Measured Life blog and is a co-host on the Feast On History podcast.
Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,
and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe.