snthpy 3 hours ago
Short and sweet. An absolute masterpiece of scientific writing!

A family friend used to run a travel business with tours to the Okavango Delta. When I asked him how it was going, he replied "Great, we've only ever lost one honeymoon couple to hippos"! People don't realise they are one of the most dangerous animals to humans.

tumidpandora 2 hours ago
> hippos' stunning wound-healing abilities—perhaps related to the antibacterial properties of the creepy "red sweat" that coats their skin

sounds interesting and definitely something worth looking into as well

pugworthy 3 hours ago
I mean, sensationalistic or "Why didn't you post on / This isn't reddit" or not, this is one of the more amazing opening sentences ever...

> Few things in this world are as elusive as a hippopotamus testicle

onionisafruit 3 hours ago
I was fond of “all the surviving animals were able to return to their feces-infested communal pools within hours of the surgery with no negative consequences”
andsoitis 2 hours ago
Animal cruelty is immoral.
card_zero 2 hours ago
So is sanctimony, good job nobody around here is being cruel or sanctimonious.
gnabgib 3 hours ago
(2014)
aaronbrethorst 2 hours ago
I don't think much has changed in the state of the art of hippo castration in the last twelve years.
RobotCaleb 2 hours ago
Oh yeah, never mind. Not worth talking about. Didn't happen today.
Sniffnoy 2 hours ago
They're not saying it's not worth talking about. They're saying it should have a date tag, as is customary for old articles on Hacker News.
tomhow 47 minutes ago
Please don't post snarky comments here.

That user is one of the most engaged, helpful users on HN and it's a long-standing convention that the year is appended to titles of articles that are not current.

mbrezu 2 hours ago
How long before this is included in an AI benchmark? Can't wait :-)