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Obaysch

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sent a second hippo to London, a female named Adhela who arrived on 22 July 1854. After a wait of over 16 years, the pair finally produced offspring in 1871, but the calf died after 2 days. A second calf died the following year, but a third, born on 5 November 1872, survived. It was a female named
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Obaysch once escaped from captivity in London Zoo and according to legend a keeper was used as bait to lure him back into his enclosure.
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survived Obaysch by 4 years, dying on 16 December 1882. Guy Fawkes died on 20 March 1908.
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when he was less than one year old. His name is derived from the name of the island.
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Root, N.J. (February 1993). "Victorian England's Hippomania".
277: 116: 249:"Famous Animals at the Zoological Society of London" 138:on 25 May 1850. He was an instant sensation in 111:. Obaysch was sent by boat down the Nile to 8: 300:Obaysch: a hippopotamus in Victorian London 191:Obaysch: a hippopotamus in Victorian London 386:Individual animals in the United Kingdom 181: 23:Crowds look on as Obaysch rests in the 70:. He was captured on an island on the 50:(1849? – 11 March 1878) was the first 7: 302:. Sydney: Sydney University Press. 193:. Sydney: Sydney University Press. 14: 27:in this 1852 photograph taken by 1: 115:, accompanied by a herd of 407: 95:, agreed with the British 391:Individual hippopotamuses 224:"The Hippopotamus Polka" 29:Juan, Count of Montizón 357:"Traveller from Egypt" 172: 44: 32: 298:Simons, John (2019). 228:Levy Music Collection 222:St. Mars, L. (n.d.). 189:Simons, John (2019). 171:Adhela and Guy Fawkes 170: 38: 22: 134:, and he arrived at 119:to provide him with 16:Captive hippopotamus 62:, and the first in 381:1878 animal deaths 329:General references 173: 144:Hippopotamus Polka 45: 33: 123:. He was sent by 60:prehistoric times 43:sheet-music cover 398: 367: 361: 352: 322: 321: 295: 289: 288: 286: 285: 276:. Archived from 270: 264: 263: 261: 260: 251:. Archived from 245: 239: 238: 236: 234: 219: 213: 212: 186: 406: 405: 401: 400: 399: 397: 396: 395: 371: 370: 359: 355: 337:Natural History 334: 326: 325: 310: 297: 296: 292: 283: 281: 272: 271: 267: 258: 256: 247: 246: 242: 232: 230: 221: 220: 216: 201: 188: 187: 183: 178: 17: 12: 11: 5: 404: 402: 394: 393: 388: 383: 373: 372: 369: 368: 353: 331: 330: 324: 323: 308: 290: 265: 240: 214: 199: 180: 179: 177: 174: 101:Charles Murray 97:Consul General 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 403: 392: 389: 387: 384: 382: 379: 378: 376: 365: 358: 354: 350: 346: 342: 338: 333: 332: 328: 327: 319: 315: 311: 309:9781743325865 305: 301: 294: 291: 280:on 2011-07-26 279: 275: 269: 266: 255:on 2008-11-07 254: 250: 244: 241: 229: 225: 218: 215: 210: 206: 202: 200:9781743325865 196: 192: 185: 182: 175: 169: 165: 162: 160: 156: 151: 147: 145: 141: 137: 133: 129: 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 94: 91: 87: 83: 80: 75: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 56:Great Britain 53: 49: 42: 39:Hippopotamus 37: 30: 26: 21: 363: 340: 336: 299: 293: 282:. Retrieved 278:the original 268: 257:. Retrieved 253:the original 243: 231:. Retrieved 227: 217: 190: 184: 163: 148: 76: 68:Ancient Rome 52:hippopotamus 47: 46: 150:Abbas Pasha 132:Southampton 375:Categories 318:1052585465 284:2008-12-16 259:2006-07-28 209:1052585465 176:References 155:Guy Fawkes 136:London Zoo 109:deerhounds 105:greyhounds 72:White Nile 25:London Zoo 364:Bulletins 349:0028-0712 274:"Obaysch" 233:28 August 54:seen in 128:steamer 125:P&O 82:Viceroy 79:Ottoman 48:Obaysch 347:  316:  306:  207:  197:  159:Adhela 140:London 99:, Sir 66:since 64:Europe 58:since 360:(PDF) 343:(2). 113:Cairo 93:Pasha 90:Abbas 86:Egypt 77:The 41:Polka 345:ISSN 314:OCLC 304:ISBN 235:2018 205:OCLC 195:ISBN 121:milk 117:cows 107:and 341:102 130:to 84:of 377:: 362:. 339:. 312:. 226:. 203:. 157:. 88:, 351:. 320:. 287:. 262:. 237:. 211:. 31:.

Index


London Zoo
Juan, Count of Montizón

Polka
hippopotamus
Great Britain
prehistoric times
Europe
Ancient Rome
White Nile
Ottoman
Viceroy
Egypt
Abbas
Pasha
Consul General
Charles Murray
greyhounds
deerhounds
Cairo
cows
milk
P&O
steamer
Southampton
London Zoo
London
Hippopotamus Polka
Abbas Pasha

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