![]() ![]() ![]() Now, all things won’t be equal, but if an average steer weighs about 750 pounds (340 kg), and an average male hippo weighs about 3,300 pounds (1,500 kg), your server would be bringing you a porterhouse coming in just under 11 pounds, or about 5 kilograms. ![]() ![]() Some of the largest beef porterhouses are 40 ounces, or 1.134 kilograms for the metric folks. Imagine it: a hippopotamus porterhouse with all the sides. Yes, raising those dangerous, enormous beasts to grace our plates. The idea for River of Teeth comes from a little-known but verifiable fact: At one time, the United States needed meat and considered hippo ranching in Louisiana. Pretending you are playing Hungry Hungry Hippos is one way to complete a chore commonly known as “vacuuming.” There is a game called Hungry Hungry Hippos. If you are farming reeds and pomegranates for the pharaoh, they might kill you even if you don’t bother them, because they’re upset that you’re not sharing or something. Hippos can kill people if you bother them. In fact, they are champion poopers and thus need quite a bit of personal space. There is a hippo named Fiona, who lives in a zoo somewhere, that people like a lot. Before I read River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey, I believed I knew the following facts about hippos: ![]()
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