As I wrote at the time in a story for i Love Dogs (that happened to be briefly featured in the âPit Bulls and Paroleesâ episode, âNew Orleans, Here We Comeâ), Kern County officials denied a request by Tia Torres, owner of the rescue and rehabilitation facility, to move VRC from Agua Dulce to Tehachapi, Calif.
Two hippo species are found in Africa. The large hippo, found in East Africa, occurs south of the Sahara. The other, much smaller (440 to 605 pounds) species of hippo is the pygmy hippopotamus. Limited to very restricted ranges in West Africa, it is a shy, solitary forest dweller and is now rare.
The hippocampus (named after its resemblance to the seahorse, from the Greek á¼±ÏÏÏÎºÎ±Î¼ÏÎ¿Ï, seahorse from á¼µÏÏÎ¿Ï hippos, horse and ÎºÎ¬Î¼ÏÎ¿Ï kampos, sea monster) is a major component of the brains of humans and other vertebrates. Humans and other mammals have two hippocampi, one in each side of the brain.It belongs to the limbic system and plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and spatial navigation.The hippocampus is located under the cerebral cortex; and in primates it is located in the medial temporal lobe, underneath the cortical surface.amage to the hippocampus can also result from oxygen starvation (hypoxia), encephalitis, or medial temporal lobe epilepsy. People with extensive, bilateral hippocampal damage may experience anterograde amnesia âthe inability to form and retain new memories.