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The hippopotamus looks monogamous- he looks as if he would have to be.

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Will Cuppy
Age: 65 †
Born: 1884
Born: August 23
Died: 1949
Died: September 19
Critic
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Journalist
Literary Critic
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Auburn
Indiana
William Jacob Cuppy
Hippopotamus
Monogamous
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