Record No.
MRB-2026-006943
Only place where hippopotamuses live in saltwater
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Guinea-Bissau
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Guinea-Bissau
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Record Description
On Orango Island in the Bijagós Archipelago, a population of hippos has adapted to swim and forage in the sea, a behavior found nowhere else on Earth.
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