THE MARINE MAMMAL THAT LOOKS LIKE A HIPPO DESIGNED BY COMMITTEE

Standing in the Age of Mammals Hall at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is one of the most delightfully perplexing mammals ever to paddle, wade or lumber along the Pacific coast.At first glance, its skeleton appears almost familiar.It has the solid, barrel-shaped build of a hippopotamus, the heavy bones of a marine herbivore, the forward-projecting teeth of an animal with very