In between chimp tracking expeditions, Lake Tanganyika beckons for snorkelling, kayaking and hippo- and crocodile-spotting forays.

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TARA's founders, raves about a recent find in the Tassili n'Ajjer range: an anatomically perfect four-metre-long carving of a hippo hunted by an Egyptian-looking figure with a superbly sinuous bow.

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The one-year-old hippo calf christened Owen was found alone and dehydrated by wildlife rangers near the Indian Ocean.

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In the middle ages, philandering, theologian wanna-be Augstine of Hippo, as he would come to be known, was into wine, women and song.

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Roaming the reserve are the so-called big five--lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and buffalo--in addition to hippo, giraffe, zebra, warthog, hyena, springbok, wildebeest, and a multitude of smaller creatures and birds.

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Hunters can further customize their boots by providing their own animal hides--perhaps that of an elephant or hippo from an African safari.

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Perlman hired Edwin Hippo of Southern Illinois University, who'd studied catalytic coal-to-gas methods, while Mandell mounted a nationwide search for Nicholas Nahas, who'd developed crucial technologies while at Exxon in the 1970s.

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An onyx-winged cormorant arced downward, diving below the inky water while a hippo yawned its tusky jaws.

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