#hippos

· 3w ago

#Wetlands 🫧🌊 control floods, replenish groundwater, stabilise shorelands, purify water. In #Nigeria 🇳🇬 they’re home to birds 🦆🪿🦉🦜#crocodiles snakes 🐍 #alligators 🐊 and #hippos 🦛 Protect them with your wallet #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/12/nigerias-nature-reserves-need-more-help-to-protect-biodiversity/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Nigeria’s nature reserves need more help to protect life Palm Oil Detectives

Apart from conserving species, #wetlands help to control floods, replenish groundwater, stabilise shorelines, retain nutrients and purify water. The park will join Nigeria’s protected area of 445 forest reserves, 29 game reserves, 12 strict nature reserves, 11 Ramsar sites, 7 national parks and one biosphere reserve.

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

#Hippos 🦛🩶 were once found all over Africa. They’re revered subjects of ancient #folklore. Now they’re vulnerable due to #palmoil expansion, conflict with humans and #poaching. Help them and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔💀🤮🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/29/hippopotamus-hippopotamus-amphibius/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius Palm Oil Detectives

The Common Hippopotamus, or Hippo, is a powerful and enduring symbol of Africa’s rivers and wetlands. Once common throughout all of Africa and the revered subjects of African folklore —their populations are now in peril. Hippo numbers plummeted in the 1990s and early 2000s due to unregulated #hunting and land conversion for #palmoil #cocoa and #tobacco #agriculture and human settlement. Although some strongholds remain in East and Southern Africa, many populations are in decline across #WestAfri

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

Today is #WorldSnakeDay! #Wetlands control floods and purify water. In #Nigeria they're home to birds #crocodiles snakes and #hippos which nurture the rainforest. Protect them with your wallet #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/12/nigerias-nature-reserves-need-more-help-to-protect-biodiversity/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Palm Oil Detectives

Nigeria’s nature reserves need more help to protect life Palm Oil Detectives

Apart from conserving species, #wetlands help to control floods, replenish groundwater, stabilise shorelines, retain nutrients and purify water. The park will join Nigeria’s protected area of 445 forest reserves, 29 game reserves, 12 strict nature reserves, 11 Ramsar sites, 7 national parks and one biosphere reserve.

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Totts @Geri@veganism.social

· 4mo ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

#Colombian officials have recently authorised a plan to kill dozens of free-range #hippos that have spread across the country since being introduced by the drug cartel leader Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. The programme covers up to 80 animals and comes after other population-control efforts, including neutering, that failed to curb the herd’s growth. These poor creatures are the victims of a government's inability and incompetence to find a more humane remedy. Fuck mankind. #animalrights

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Jon Roach @FourT4@mastodonapp.uk

· 5mo ago

Guess which one of these synonyms led me to run a synonym check on the article? In order of appearance in the text: hippos, feral pachyderms, hippos, animals, feral beasts, animals, hippos, hippo, individuals, hippos, hippos, water-dwelling pachyderms, large mammals, hippos, hippos, hippos, hippos, creatures, hippos, dangerous animals, hippos. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/13/colombia-hippo-hunt-pablo-escobar 😆 #hippo #hippos #hippopotamus

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