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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-04 11:22 AM
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Zoo's new yak:
Zoo's new yak: Petra's week-old baby chatters away at the Frankfort (Germany) Zoo
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-04 11:23 AM
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1. Um, these are hippos
But who is the cutest little hippo in all of Europe! What a great smile :-)
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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-04 11:45 AM
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4. I know, but that is what the caption said
I wonder if they call them yaks in Germany? :shrug:
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-04 01:38 PM
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6. Those kooky Teutonics!
Edited on Fri Jul-09-04 01:43 PM by Book Lover
Consider this another victory for those forces that conspire to fire all copyeditors for websites!

on edit: I cannot believe I didn't make websites plural. I'm turning in my blue pencil...
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-04 01:40 PM
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7. Rather those wacky Hessians
Edited on Fri Jul-09-04 02:35 PM by Kellanved
Hippos are called "Nilpferde" in proper German.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-04 01:58 PM
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8. The amazing Allemande
I don't have anything else to say, I just wanted to use the word "Allemande" for a change :-)
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-04 11:23 AM
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2. ummmmm ...those are hippos
:think: Cute baby hippo
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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-04 11:51 AM
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5. This is probably what they mean....
yak2 also yack ( P ) Pronunciation Key (yk) Slang

intr.v. yakked, also yacked yak·king, yack·ing yaks, yacks

To talk persistently and meaninglessly; chatter.

n.
Prolonged, sometimes senseless talk; chatter.

LOL
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-04 11:24 AM
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3. Hippopotami! Or is that hippopotamuses?
:D
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