Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 07, 2022

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    Bilan  over 2 years ago

    At least you’re better off than the crows.

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    ronaldspence  over 2 years ago

    No offense hippo, really, at least your name means “water-horse” that means something

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    Concretionist  over 2 years ago

    Who gets to decide on these group words?

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    Gent  over 2 years ago

    We bears is in no groups. We so solitary creature. But when we is, we is a bunch o sleuths. It’s elementary, my dear Boo Boo. The ones with the picanic baskets went that a way.

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    Gent  over 2 years ago

    And now, for Pig, Goat, and Rat….

    A group of Pig is called passel.

    A group of Goats is called a herd.

    And a group of Rats is called a plague.

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    Wilde Bill  over 2 years ago

    A group of hippos is a pod.

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    rshive  over 2 years ago

    Why hippos are solitary creatures.

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    hariseldon59  over 2 years ago

    I miss Zebra being a main character in the strip instead of the occasional appearances of the last few years.

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    erik.vanthienen  over 2 years ago

    Hence dazzle camouflage (the idea started with British zoologist John Graham Kerr).

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    iggyman  over 2 years ago

    Well Hippo you are kind of large!

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    MayCauseBurns  over 2 years ago

    Why all the fancy names for groups of animals?

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    kgs  over 2 years ago

    Elks/B.P.O.E. and Moose are Loyal Order of the Moose…

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    SNVBD  over 2 years ago

    It’s also known as a raft of hippos.

    Honestly, more than once I’ve thought that English is a made up language.

    English doesn’t “borrow” from other languages: it follows them down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar and valuable vocabulary.

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    Doug K  over 2 years ago

    It is dangerous to get too close to hippos (enter their territory). Hippos kill about 500 people per year in Africa. Males can become aggressive if they sense danger. Mothers may attack to protect their young.

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    Troglodyte  over 2 years ago

    Hey, that’s body shaming! (like a hippo would care) :D

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    Procat Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Granny Clampett though a baby hippo that Mr. Drysdale had was a giant hog.

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    jessegooddoggy  over 2 years ago

    VERY FUNNY!!

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    Zebrastripes  over 2 years ago

    ZEEBA!!!!!

    Dazzle your friend Hippo and make him feel all better….YAY!

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    F-Flash  over 2 years ago

    Bloat is a condition, a group of Hippos is called a skinny.

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    Croc Holliday  over 2 years ago

    Hippos perhaps should be more concerned with their reputation as one of the deadliest animals on the planet.

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    jel354  over 2 years ago

    Zebra was always threatened by the bask of croc neighbors.

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    Kveldulf  over 2 years ago

    Does anyone remember when the word “pachyderm” referred to elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses? That was because big game hunters grouped them all together as big, grey, and thick-skinned (pachy = thick, dermis = skin).

    In fact they are not related to each other. Hippopotamuses, to no-one’s surprise, are related to pigs. Rhinoceroses are related to horses. Elephants are related to ……… elephants.

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    Lee26 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    I see a lot of any animal, I say “Look, there’s a bunch of -—————-”. These fancy group names are fairly useless to most people, outside of providing some laughs.

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    Kveldulf  over 2 years ago

    I added the explanation of ghughugh to yesterday’s post.

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    Fredricrex  over 2 years ago

    I sure like your blue heeler avatar!

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    Ellis97  over 2 years ago

    They’re also called, “crashes”, “pods” and “schools”.

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    Jefano Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Flavio and Marita,making hippodom flashy, hip, and cool since 1993:

    https://youtu.be/a8qKbdevWl4

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    Goat from PBS  over 2 years ago

    Ask an owl next time, Zebra. They get a cool name.

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    raybarb44  over 2 years ago

    What they lack of in a name, they more than make up in their ferocity….

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    198.23.5.11  over 2 years ago

    “I Want A Bloat For Christmas” just doesn’t sound right.

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    Cameron1988 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    WHERE THE HECK ARE THE CROCS????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Godfreydaniel  over 2 years ago

    Please allow me to suggest “an incompetence of crocs.”

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    KEA  over 2 years ago

    I just found that out (Bloat that is) the other day. Made sense.

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    tlmatcsc  over 2 years ago

    If you try to gather together as many crows as possible is that attempted murder?

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    zeexenon  over 2 years ago

    I read they all have big chips on their shoulders.

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    knight1192a  over 2 years ago

    No wonder hippos are so vicious.

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    AZPhinFan  over 2 years ago

    Gotta love Pastis’ humor!!

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    Buoy  over 2 years ago

    Hippo has such dainty hands.

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    Grover St. Clair  over 2 years ago

    But they make great Christmas gifts…

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    TimeLordSoundwave  over 2 years ago

    I can’t remember the last time Zebra appeared without the crocs.

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    Sisyphos  over 2 years ago

    Not everyone can be a winner in the Game of Life, nor in the Name Game.

    Some guys can’t even “win” a participation trophy….

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    Algolei I  over 2 years ago

    His nose is lookin’ at me funny.

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    Ωmega  over 2 years ago

    Did you know that a group of lemurs is called a conspiracy of lemurs? And owls are a parlamint of owls!

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    alantain  11 months ago

    I’m trying to figure out why a group of jellyfish is called a smack instead of a sting or a (jelly)mold.

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