warthog
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Fully 95% of species, including giraffes, leopards, hyenas, zebras, kudu, warthog, impala, elephants, and rhinoceroses, ran more often or abandoned waterholes faster in response to humans than in response to lions.
From Science Daily • Oct. 5, 2023
Those who watched the dancing warthog gave a little more to charity and were more likely to give the whole amount, though the results are less conclusive because of a small sample size.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023
We gazed at a submerged hippo, a few curly-horned buffalo and a wandering warthog.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023
Our all-purpose flour is made with organic warthog wheat, which is stone-milled in small batches by a fifth-generation family farm in Illinois.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2022
“Businessss,” hissed a large Mask with warthog tusks protruding from his mouth.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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