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A series of holiday photographs showing a couple posing in front of a smiling hippo called Otis have become an internet sensation.
The apparently beaming three-ton beast was pictured behind the glass of its water tank next to Jay Parker.
As his wife, Lauren, took a photograph on the couple's trip to San Diego Zoo, Otis the hippo decided to join in too.
The pictures have been posted on blogs and chatrooms all around the world, making the trio web celebrities.
And Mr Parker, 35, from Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, even gets fan mail from people telling him he is their screensaver or Facebook profile picture.
"It's kind of strange to think there are people out there with a picture of me on their computer, but I guess I'm just the hippo man as far they're concerned," the IT consultant said.
"We took the picture on holiday at San Diego Zoo, my wife is a big fan of animals so we always try and visit somewhere when we are away.
"Actually the week we were there the zoo had just put two hippos together for the first time in the tank."
He added: "Hippos are not usually that friendly and the two they had in the tank - the male Otis and the female Funani - had been having a bit of a fight with each other that day.
"The hippo behind me is Otis, when we saw his face we just thought we had to get a picture."
Mr Parker said he wasn't sure if Otis was happy or not after his day's ordeal with Funani. It could be that he is even asleep.
"If you look at Otis's back you can see the scaring from his fight with Funani, this is normal hippo behaviour but I don't think he won," he said.
"When I look at his face I think he looks pretty tired by it all, or maybe he's having a happy dream - either way it's a great picture."
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