On 05/29/2011 08:19 PM, nemesis wrote:
> Orchid XP v8<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hippocampus_and_seahorse_cropped.JPG
>>
>> Yes, that's correct. This is a piece of a human brain, displayed next to
>> a seahorse. WTF?
>>
>> --
>> http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
>> http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
>
> And they dont even look alike! :p
>
> Hippo BTW means horse.  Yep, a hippopotamus was thought of as a fat horse.
>
  I've also heard the term "river horse" being associated with 
hippopotamus ...

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