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hippopotamus = seahorse

Posted by andrewb on September 5, 1999, at 1:14:16

In reply to Re: New buzz-topic?, posted by Dee on September 4, 1999, at 22:20:46

> > Here's some reading on the topic for we uneducated consumer-types:
> >
> > http://news-info.wustl.edu/feature/1996/July96-Depression.html
> >
> > (it says I have a tiny seahorse in my brain..now that's comforting!)
>
> Yeah, that's weird. Youd expect it would look something like a hippopotamus, not a sea horse ;-)

Hippopotamus translates to river horse in greek! Hippocampus translates in greek to 'sea monster' and in myth refers to a sea horse with two front forefeet and a body ending with the tail of a dolphin or fish.


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