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Mystery Monday: Hippopotamus Yalensis

By Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 5:56am July 13 2025

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Bulldogs are a dime a dozen on Yale buildings, but where did we find this campus hippo?

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George Huthsteiner '74 TD, 10:13pm July 18 2025 | Flag as inappropriate

Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall [SSS] Above the entrance to Strathcona Hall on Grove Street.
Mark Branch, 12:06pm July 29 2025 | Flag as inappropriate

Correct!

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