Rakib AhamedDID U KNOW: HYPOCRITE AND HIPPOPOTAMUS
December 15th 2010 03:36
Category: MY WORDS
Did u know, Hypocrite and Hippopotamus not only share the almost same name...but they also came from same 'gen'..same behavior, and maybe same 'habitat'. Now everybody wonder how can this two got connected.. I will explain how.. Before that lets take a look at the meaning of the words.
HIPPOPOTAMUS
The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" , is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae (the other is the Pygmy Hippopotamus.) The hippopotamus is the third largest land animal (after the elephant and the white rhinoceros) and the heaviest extant artiodactyl, despite being considerably shorter than the giraffe.
The hippopotamus is semi-aquatic, inhabiting rivers and lakes where territorial bulls preside over a stretch of river and groups of 5 to 30 females and young. During the day they remain cool by staying in the water or mud; reproduction and childbirth both occur in water. They emerge at dusk to graze on grass. While hippopotamuses rest near each other in the water, grazing is a solitary activity and hippos are not territorial on land.
Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial even-toed ungulates, their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales, porpoises, etc.) from which they diverged about 55 million years ago.[3] The common ancestor of whales and hippos split from other even-toed ungulates around 60 million years ago.[4] The earliest known hippopotamus fossils, belonging to the genus Kenyapotamus in Africa, date to around 16 million years ago.
The hippopotamus is recognizable by its barrel-shaped torso, enormous mouth and teeth, nearly hairless body, stubby legs and tremendous size. It is the third-largest land mammal by weight (between 1˝ and 3 tonnes), behind the white rhinoceros (1˝ to 3˝ tonnes) and the three species of elephant (3 to 9 tonnes). Despite its stocky shape and short legs, it can easily outrun a human. Hippos have been clocked at 30 km/h (19 mph) over short distances. The hippopotamus is one of the most aggressive creatures in the world and is often regarded as one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. There are an estimated 125,000 to 150,000 hippos throughout Sub-Saharan Africa; Zambia (40,000) and Tanzania (20,000–30,000) possess the largest populations.[1] They are still threatened by habitat loss and poaching for their meat and ivory canine teeth.
Hippos spend most of their days wallowing in the water or the mud, with the other members of their pod. The water serves to keep their body temperature down, and to keep their skin from drying out. With the exception of eating, most of hippopotamuses' lives —from childbirth, fighting with other hippos, and reproduction— occur in the water.
Hippos leave the water at dusk and travel inland, sometimes up to 8 kilometers (5 mi), to graze on short grass, their main source of food. They spend four to five hours grazing and can consume 68 kilograms (150 lb) of grass each night.[42] Like almost any herbivore, they will consume many other plants if presented with them, but their diet in nature consists almost entirely of grass, with only minimal consumption of aquatic plants.[43] Hippos have (rarely) been filmed eating carrion, usually close to the water. There are other reports of meat-eating, and even cannibalism and predation.[44] The stomach anatomy of a hippo is not suited to carnivory, and meat-eating is likely caused by aberrant behavior or nutritional stress.[8]
The diet of hippos consists mostly of terrestrial grasses, but they spend most of their time in the water. Most of their defecation occurs in the water, creating allochthonous deposits of organic matter along the river beds. These deposits have an unclear ecological function.[43] Because of their size and their habit of taking the same paths to feed, hippos can have a significant impact on the land they walk across, both by keeping the land clear of vegetation and depressing the ground. Over prolonged periods hippos can divert the paths of swamps and channels.[45]
A submerged hippo at the San Diego Zoo. Adult hippos typically resurface to breathe every 3–5 minutes.
Adult hippos cannot swim and are not buoyant. When in deep water, they usually propel themselves by leaps, pushing off from the bottom. They move at speeds up to 8 km/h (5 mph) in water. Young hippos are buoyant and more often move by swimming —propelling themselves with kicks of their hind legs. Adult hippos typically resurface to breathe every 3–5 minutes. The young have to breathe every two to three minutes.[8] The process of surfacing and breathing is automatic, and even a hippo sleeping underwater will rise and breathe without waking. A hippo closes its nostrils when it submerges.
HYPOCRITE
The word hypocrisy comes from the Greek hypokrisis, which means "Jealous" "play-acting", "acting out", "coward" or "dissembling".The word hypocrite is from the Greek word hypokrites, the agentive noun associated with "judgement", "critics", presumably because the performance of a dramatic text by an actor was to involve a degree of interpretation, or assessment, of that text.
Alternatively, the word is an amalgam of the Greek prefix hypo-, meaning "under", and the verb krinein, meaning "to sift or decide". Thus the original meaning implied a deficiency in the ability to sift or decide. This deficiency, as it pertains to one's own beliefs and feelings, informs the word's contemporary meaning.
Whereas hypokrisis applied to any sort of public performance (including the art of rhetoric), hypokrites was a technical term for a stage actor and was not considered an appropriate role for a public figure. In Athens in the 4th century BC, for example, the great orator Demosthenes ridiculed his rival Aeschines, who had been a successful actor before taking up politics, as a hypokrites whose skill at impersonating characters on stage made him an untrustworthy politician. This negative view of the hypokrites, perhaps combined with the Roman disdain for actors, later shaded into the originally neutral hypokrisis. It is this later sense of hypokrisis as "play-acting", i.e., the assumption of a counterfeit persona, that gives the modern word hypocrisy its negative connotation.
here is some opinion about hypocrite:
-A person who engages in the same behaviors he condemns others for.
-A person who professes certain ideals, but fails to live up to them.
-A person who holds other people to higher standards than he holds himself.
-The only reliable product of an organized religion is a flock of hypocrites
who feel that only *their* hypocrisy is divinely sanctioned.
-someone who complains about something but finds themselves doing
exactly the same thing
-A person who fails to practice what they preach
SO WHAT ACTUALLY THEY BOTH SHARE
Hypocrite or the easy word liar or actor..always condemned other for some behaviour that he also engages in..always complain about something while they also doing the same thing. While hippopotamus a big cute animal known as a herbivore..Like almost any herbivore, they will consume many other plants if presented with them, but their diet in nature consists almost entirely of grass, with only minimal consumption of aquatic plants.Hippos have been filmed eating carrion, usually close to the water. There are other reports of meat-eating, and even cannibalism and predation. U wont expect this creature would be aggressive..in other words, they also a good actor like hypocrite.
There is no doubt that u would love hippo at the first sight because of the cuteness and slow behaviour. Today some company also use hippo as a mascot of peace and happy. In human world, a Hypocrite also got a lot of fan..the ability to manipulate others for their own sake..ability to condemned others because of their hates. ability to control other people opinions so his actions will always be right. who knows Hypocrite will stab your back same as Hippo kill their family.
To mark territory, hippos spin their tails while defecating to distribute their excrement over the greatest possible area. Likely for the same reason, hippos are retromingent-- that is, they urinate backwards. Hypocrite also gonna 'spin' other peoples mind with their stupid or bad idea as long as they can get their territory. ( mmm...maybe hypocrite urinate backwards too, who knows.. hehe)..
For all the above reason, we still can accept Hippo behaviour because its an animal...they only got brain and instict..they dont have mind like us..but for a Hypocrite, well u decide it......peace.......
HIPPOPOTAMUS
The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" , is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae (the other is the Pygmy Hippopotamus.) The hippopotamus is the third largest land animal (after the elephant and the white rhinoceros) and the heaviest extant artiodactyl, despite being considerably shorter than the giraffe.
The hippopotamus is semi-aquatic, inhabiting rivers and lakes where territorial bulls preside over a stretch of river and groups of 5 to 30 females and young. During the day they remain cool by staying in the water or mud; reproduction and childbirth both occur in water. They emerge at dusk to graze on grass. While hippopotamuses rest near each other in the water, grazing is a solitary activity and hippos are not territorial on land.
Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial even-toed ungulates, their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales, porpoises, etc.) from which they diverged about 55 million years ago.[3] The common ancestor of whales and hippos split from other even-toed ungulates around 60 million years ago.[4] The earliest known hippopotamus fossils, belonging to the genus Kenyapotamus in Africa, date to around 16 million years ago.
The hippopotamus is recognizable by its barrel-shaped torso, enormous mouth and teeth, nearly hairless body, stubby legs and tremendous size. It is the third-largest land mammal by weight (between 1˝ and 3 tonnes), behind the white rhinoceros (1˝ to 3˝ tonnes) and the three species of elephant (3 to 9 tonnes). Despite its stocky shape and short legs, it can easily outrun a human. Hippos have been clocked at 30 km/h (19 mph) over short distances. The hippopotamus is one of the most aggressive creatures in the world and is often regarded as one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. There are an estimated 125,000 to 150,000 hippos throughout Sub-Saharan Africa; Zambia (40,000) and Tanzania (20,000–30,000) possess the largest populations.[1] They are still threatened by habitat loss and poaching for their meat and ivory canine teeth.
Hippos spend most of their days wallowing in the water or the mud, with the other members of their pod. The water serves to keep their body temperature down, and to keep their skin from drying out. With the exception of eating, most of hippopotamuses' lives —from childbirth, fighting with other hippos, and reproduction— occur in the water.
Hippos leave the water at dusk and travel inland, sometimes up to 8 kilometers (5 mi), to graze on short grass, their main source of food. They spend four to five hours grazing and can consume 68 kilograms (150 lb) of grass each night.[42] Like almost any herbivore, they will consume many other plants if presented with them, but their diet in nature consists almost entirely of grass, with only minimal consumption of aquatic plants.[43] Hippos have (rarely) been filmed eating carrion, usually close to the water. There are other reports of meat-eating, and even cannibalism and predation.[44] The stomach anatomy of a hippo is not suited to carnivory, and meat-eating is likely caused by aberrant behavior or nutritional stress.[8]
The diet of hippos consists mostly of terrestrial grasses, but they spend most of their time in the water. Most of their defecation occurs in the water, creating allochthonous deposits of organic matter along the river beds. These deposits have an unclear ecological function.[43] Because of their size and their habit of taking the same paths to feed, hippos can have a significant impact on the land they walk across, both by keeping the land clear of vegetation and depressing the ground. Over prolonged periods hippos can divert the paths of swamps and channels.[45]
A submerged hippo at the San Diego Zoo. Adult hippos typically resurface to breathe every 3–5 minutes.
Adult hippos cannot swim and are not buoyant. When in deep water, they usually propel themselves by leaps, pushing off from the bottom. They move at speeds up to 8 km/h (5 mph) in water. Young hippos are buoyant and more often move by swimming —propelling themselves with kicks of their hind legs. Adult hippos typically resurface to breathe every 3–5 minutes. The young have to breathe every two to three minutes.[8] The process of surfacing and breathing is automatic, and even a hippo sleeping underwater will rise and breathe without waking. A hippo closes its nostrils when it submerges.
HYPOCRITE
The word hypocrisy comes from the Greek hypokrisis, which means "Jealous" "play-acting", "acting out", "coward" or "dissembling".The word hypocrite is from the Greek word hypokrites, the agentive noun associated with "judgement", "critics", presumably because the performance of a dramatic text by an actor was to involve a degree of interpretation, or assessment, of that text.
Alternatively, the word is an amalgam of the Greek prefix hypo-, meaning "under", and the verb krinein, meaning "to sift or decide". Thus the original meaning implied a deficiency in the ability to sift or decide. This deficiency, as it pertains to one's own beliefs and feelings, informs the word's contemporary meaning.
Whereas hypokrisis applied to any sort of public performance (including the art of rhetoric), hypokrites was a technical term for a stage actor and was not considered an appropriate role for a public figure. In Athens in the 4th century BC, for example, the great orator Demosthenes ridiculed his rival Aeschines, who had been a successful actor before taking up politics, as a hypokrites whose skill at impersonating characters on stage made him an untrustworthy politician. This negative view of the hypokrites, perhaps combined with the Roman disdain for actors, later shaded into the originally neutral hypokrisis. It is this later sense of hypokrisis as "play-acting", i.e., the assumption of a counterfeit persona, that gives the modern word hypocrisy its negative connotation.
here is some opinion about hypocrite:
-A person who engages in the same behaviors he condemns others for.
-A person who professes certain ideals, but fails to live up to them.
-A person who holds other people to higher standards than he holds himself.
-The only reliable product of an organized religion is a flock of hypocrites
who feel that only *their* hypocrisy is divinely sanctioned.
-someone who complains about something but finds themselves doing
exactly the same thing
-A person who fails to practice what they preach
SO WHAT ACTUALLY THEY BOTH SHARE
Hypocrite or the easy word liar or actor..always condemned other for some behaviour that he also engages in..always complain about something while they also doing the same thing. While hippopotamus a big cute animal known as a herbivore..Like almost any herbivore, they will consume many other plants if presented with them, but their diet in nature consists almost entirely of grass, with only minimal consumption of aquatic plants.Hippos have been filmed eating carrion, usually close to the water. There are other reports of meat-eating, and even cannibalism and predation. U wont expect this creature would be aggressive..in other words, they also a good actor like hypocrite.
There is no doubt that u would love hippo at the first sight because of the cuteness and slow behaviour. Today some company also use hippo as a mascot of peace and happy. In human world, a Hypocrite also got a lot of fan..the ability to manipulate others for their own sake..ability to condemned others because of their hates. ability to control other people opinions so his actions will always be right. who knows Hypocrite will stab your back same as Hippo kill their family.
To mark territory, hippos spin their tails while defecating to distribute their excrement over the greatest possible area. Likely for the same reason, hippos are retromingent-- that is, they urinate backwards. Hypocrite also gonna 'spin' other peoples mind with their stupid or bad idea as long as they can get their territory. ( mmm...maybe hypocrite urinate backwards too, who knows.. hehe)..
For all the above reason, we still can accept Hippo behaviour because its an animal...they only got brain and instict..they dont have mind like us..but for a Hypocrite, well u decide it......peace.......
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