House Hippo Tracker

Create your account

Pick a username, set a password, and choose how public you want to be.

How are you signing up? Create my account and claim a hippo (recommended) Account only — I will claim or register a hippo later (from the dashboard).

Username

3–32 characters. Letters, numbers, underscore.

We never show this publicly. Used only for account recovery.

Password

Minimum 8 characters. (Max 72 bytes.)

Confirm password

Must match your password exactly.

Display name (optional)

This can be your public alias (especially if you stay anonymous).

Keep me anonymous publicly (recommended)

Claim your hippo

Found a house hippo in the wild? Enter the code branded on its right rear hippo hip, upload a hippo profile photo, give your hippo a name, and add a town-level location to begin its journey.

Hippo code

Required if you are claiming now. 1–8 characters.

Hippo name / nickname

Required if you are claiming now.

Town / City, Province/State, Country

Town-level only (no street addresses). Use commas: Town/City, Province/State, Country. Examples: "Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada" · "Varadero, Matanzas, Cuba" · "Bangor, Maine, USA". Required if claiming now.

Hippo profile photo

JPEG/PNG/WebP, max 8MB. Required if claiming now.

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