211b: Hippos

I've recently become enamored with hippos. It started with these:

I loved them so much that I bought Knitting Mochimochi to make them. Of course there are other wonderfully adorable patterns in the book, but that's besides the point.

Then I went to ravelry and found as many hippos as I could.

Like this hippo

And this one

And this one

This one is so fashionable!

I can even make hippo mittens!

And then I made the mistake of looking at Etsy...

wool hippo

hippo print

missing you hippo

happy hippo

hippo wallet

hippo clip art

pocket hippo

decal hippo

What is it about hippos?