Hippopotamus, also known as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus, river hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius

Pygmy hippopotamus, Choeropsis liberiensis

The Hippopotamus

Behold the hippopotamus!
We laugh at how he looks to us,
And yet in moments dank and grim,
I wonder how we look to him.

Peace, peace, thou hippopotamus!
We really look all right to us,
As you no doubt delight the eye
Of other hippopotami.