The Anglo Saxons called them"Stately Ravens", though in the latter part of the 13th C they became known by their now-common nickname "Roofbusters", due to the habit of entire flocks of hippos choosing a single roof to perch on, and damaging it in the process.
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Their numbers have gone into sharp decline in the past few yearsdue to widespread culls of their favourite food, the waltzing goat.
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Medieval goat herdersneeded to be vigilant for wild hippos attacking their livestock. This is recorded in some detail in the traditional fairy tale "The Boy Who Cried Hippo"
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Not to mention the noticable shortage of condiminia strong enough to withstand their farting as they perch. Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob,
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Peasantswould grease the walls of their houses to stop the flocks of Roofbusters climbing up the drainpipes, resulting in national shortages of butter and causing the Butter Riots of 1386
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