Something funny: Japanese hippopotamus

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A hippo was wrongly “assigned” a male sex at customs (AMAC).

But zookeepers got suspicious as Gen-chan got older and they could not visually identify male reproductive organs.

According to the Mainichi newspaper, the zoo's vice director Kiyoshi Yasufuku said: "We recognise the importance of confirming the sex, and we want to ensure that such mistakes will not happen again."

Japanese zookeepers know the importance of recognising sex 🤣🤣

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68884548

Paging Layla Moran, we have a gender confused hippo in the mammal enclosure, please attend urgently

'typical male hippo behaviour that Gen-chan was not displaying included making courtship calls to female hippos, or scattering faeces around while defecating with a propeller-like tail motion in order to mark territory.'

Lads. Cut that shit out.

Glorious story! All that "scattering faeces around while defecating with a propeller-like tail motion in order to mark territory" lacks is "and then complaining aggressively when no female hippo cleans it up."

AMAC

😂😂😂

The BBC is going to get complaints....

They only needed to look at the picture to see the hippo is wearing a black onepiece swimsuit. Obviously she's a ladyhippo.

But what if it feels more comfortable as a boyhippo?
Surely that trumps both biology and behaviour

whatever her preferred pronoun, she is definitely a cutie pie

it's sad that they look so huggable while being one of the most dangerous animals on the planet earth:-(

You are awful! 🤣

And how do you know that he/she/they don't identify as a walrus? Bigot.

She is so obviously a girl - you just have to look at the nail varnish.

You know, I've often looked for a gif of something, and been surprised not to find one.

Hippos helicoptering their own poo was not one of those times.

What is not shown in that gif is the ladybollocks just below the waterline.

That's just what I needed to see right now! Thank you my darling xx

@Terref You just reminded me that I'm married to my husband 😂
And yes, he is a hippopotamus! But don't tell him I said so.

she does look like she had just had a manicure doesn't she. awww

What a sweetie.