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Under the section titled "evolution" in the sentence "One branch would evolve into cetaceans, possibly beginning about 52 million years ago, with the protowhale Pakicetus and other early whale ancestors collectively known as Archaeoceti." Only the "52" in "52 million years ago" is highlighted and linked to a timeline. For constancies sake along with more pleasing formatting, change to include all of "52 million years ago" within the link as opposed to just "52". RawryUwU (talk) 17:39, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: The requested change would require a modification to the {{mya}} template. See that template for documentation. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:06, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

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ADD The oldest hippopotamus is captivity is Lu at the Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park who recently celebrated his 64th birthday. Meowmeowrawr (talk) 14:49, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Not done for now: Where exactly should this be added? Also, I wouldn't advise using "recently" here. Review MOS:RELTIME.
— Urro 15:48, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Apologies, add the the end of the "Characteristics" section with previous discussions of oldest known individuals Meowmeowrawr (talk) 15:59, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

1. https://authenticflorida.com/lu-the-hippo/

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