for child star Gayla Peevey in 1953. They also featured in the popular "The Hippopotamous Song" by Flanders and Swann. A popular internet myth reports that hippos have pink milk. Biologist David Wynick states, "I think this is an Internet legend that is oft repeated but without any evidence for it that I can find... Like all mammals, hippos produce white or off-white milk for their young." See also American Hippo bill - 1910 bill that proposed the introduction of hippos into Louisiana Armley Hippo Owen and Mzee - hippo and tortoise who bonded Fiona - hippo born 6 weeks early at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden References External links Mammals of Africa Fauna of Sub-Saharan Africa Herbivorous mammals Vulnerable animals Vulnerable biota of Africa Mammals described in 1758 Articles containing video clips Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Semiaquatic mammals