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August 19, 2002
Monday
 
 
Happiness is a grumpy hippo
Perry de Havilland (London)  Eastern Europe

Although Prague has been hit hard by the worst flooding of the Vltava in a century, at least there has been some good news for the despondent staff at Prague's zoo. After having been forced to put down several highly prized large animals when it became clear they could not be moved to higher ground in time to avoid drowning, returning zoo employees were astonished to discover Slavek, an 18 year old hippo, waiting for them on the second floor of a zoo building in an exceedingly bad mood.


Don't just stand there gawping, feed me, damn it!