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HIPPOPOTAMUSHIPPOPOTAMUSHippopotamus live in captivity for Hippopotamus live in captivity for
60 years and 40 years in the wild 60 years and 40 years in the wild
WHAT THEY EATWHAT THEY EAT MAINLY GRASS AND SOME WATER PLANTS.MAINLY GRASS AND SOME WATER PLANTS. HABITAT. IN AND AROUND LAKES , THE HABITAT. IN AND AROUND LAKES , THE
PYGMY HIPPO LIVES IN FOREST STREAM.PYGMY HIPPO LIVES IN FOREST STREAM. SIZE. UP TO 4M IN LENGTH 1.4M AT THE SIZE. UP TO 4M IN LENGTH 1.4M AT THE
SHOULDER .WEIGHTS UP TO 4 TONES , SHOULDER .WEIGHTS UP TO 4 TONES , PYGMY HIPPO IS 1.5M LONG O.8 AT THE PYGMY HIPPO IS 1.5M LONG O.8 AT THE SHOULDER AND WEIGHTS UP TO 270KGSHOULDER AND WEIGHTS UP TO 270KG
HIPPOSHIPPOSHippos take great care of there calves.
They give them swimming lessons and teach them to stay near to there mum.
A male hippo can sometimes kill a baby hippo.
The common hippo can be very dangerous.
The changes with all its heavy weight, showing its huge tusks hippos cannot really be tamed or trained.
Hippos Hippos
Like many other mammals, the Like many other mammals, the hippopotamus is a vegetarian and eats hippopotamus is a vegetarian and eats only plants, mammals that only eat plants only plants, mammals that only eat plants are called herbivores.are called herbivores.
Hippo Hippo
They have strong teeth to help them grind They have strong teeth to help them grind up their tough food and special stomachs up their tough food and special stomachs to digest it. to digest it.
HipposHippos Hippos are large animals no wonder they Hippos are large animals no wonder they
eat 60 kg per day.eat 60 kg per day.
Pygmy hippo Pygmy hippo A mournful-looking pygmy hippo coreopsis A mournful-looking pygmy hippo coreopsis
liberiersis, from west Africa. Its well-oiled liberiersis, from west Africa. Its well-oiled look is due to the secretion of a clear, look is due to the secretion of a clear, viscous viscous
Hippo Hippo
There is a another kind of hippo called the There is a another kind of hippo called the pygmy hippo.pygmy hippo.
It is much smaller than its bi relative.It is much smaller than its bi relative.
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