Amazing ASCII Guide To Hippos, With Additional Notes On Alertness Levels

 ^oo^  
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()  () 
()__()

Wide-awake Normal Hippo (Reasonably alert)



 ^--^  
 (..)  
()  () 
()__()

Sleeping Hippo (Not remotely alert)



 ^**^  
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()  () 
()__()

Cool Shades Hippo (Very conscious of street-cred level)



  oo  
  
 
 

Invisible Hippo (Doesn't need to be alert.)



 ^xx^
 (..)
()  ()
()__()

Drunken hippo (With grazed knee from falling into gutter)



   ^ o o ^
   ( . . )
  ( )   ( )
  ( )___( ).....[]

Inflatable Bouncy Hippo (For endless hours of altitude-altering
amusement)



 n__n
 |oo|
=\  /= 
()\/() 
()__()

Hippopota-mouse (Always alert to cheese-related stimuli - e.g. Primula,
Ritz crackers)



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       /
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 |      |
 | ^oo^ |
 | (..) | 
 [______]

Hippopota-mousse (Chocolate flavoured. Not very alert at all, being as
it's a pudding.)


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|   X      W      i      z      a      r      d    |   ^oo^   |
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|    s s p e c k @ b t i n t e r n e t . c o m     |  ()__()  |
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