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    From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Friday, October 09, 2026 10:12:37
    Canadian House Hippos and Other Obscure Fauna

    House Hippo infestations? Crocodiles in the Great Lakes?

    https://reactormag.com/canadian-house-hippos-and-other-obscure-fauna/
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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Friday, October 09, 2026 12:14:31
    On 10/9/2026 10:12 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    Canadian House Hippos and Other Obscure Fauna

    House Hippo infestations? Crocodiles in the Great Lakes?

    https://reactormag.com/canadian-house-hippos-and-other-obscure-fauna/

    My favorite bit of unexpected wildlife in the area is the Charlotte
    Whale. The skeleton of a beluga whale was found buried in 1844 more than
    100 feet above sea level, and a hundred miles from salt water.

    The ice sheet in the last ice age pushed the land so far down, that when melting came, Lake Champlain was an inlet of the Atlantic, via what is
    now the St. Lawrence River valley.

    Its about 10,000 years old.

    pt

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  • From John Savard@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, October 11, 2026 01:20:08
    Thank you. I had seen some YouTube videos noting that house hippos
    were a uniquely Canadian thing. But I hadn't any idea what they were
    supposed to be.
    I thought it was just some Ontario slang term with which I was not
    familiar; like "couch potato", which is not an edible tuber that grows
    in chesterfields, but rather someone who spends too much time sitting
    down and watching television.

    John Savard

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