#pygmy

Pygmy Sperm Whale: the whales only come to the water’s surface when the sea and weather conditions are very calm. As a result, scientists rarely see pygmy sperm whales at sea. This makes it difficult to estimate their minimum population size or current population trends. They grow to be only 12ft long and can weigh between 700 and 1,000lbs.

D'Abrera's Pygmy (Baeotis staudingeri), family Riodinidae, Manu Road, Peru

Today is ‘World Hippo Day’.  I thought I would repost the one about the two types of hippo species.  Enjoy. There are two types of hippopotamuses.  First, you have the common one that we tend to think of when we hear the name.  The one that is the top killer of humans in Africa and listed as vulnerable.  There are about 150,000 in the wild.  Then, you have the pygmy hippo, which is listed as…