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Jon bought me this inanimate hippo to placate my unjustified need to snuggle with such a wild, ferocious animal. She is very life-like, and what’s even better is she doesn’t act like a real hippopotamus, meaning she doesn’t eat people. I call her Peggy and feed her raisins.