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Hippopotamus
(Hippopotamus amphibius)
Contents
*Size and lifetime
*Food and eating habits
*Their living area
*Breeding
*Predators
*Pictures
Size and Lifetime *3.96-4.57 meters
long
*1.52 meters high at the shoulder
*It weighs 1,800-3,600 kg
* lifetime 20-40 years; 50 years in captivity
Food and eating habits*Hippopotamus is herbivorous
*They come out of the water at night to graze and can eat up to 60 kilograms of vegetation in one night.
*Hippopotamuses will often travel up to six miles from their watering hole to find something to eat.
Living area
*They are living in Southern Africa and near Nilus.
*The total population of the common hippo in the whole of Africa is about 157,000 animals.
*Hippos are decreasing in 18 African countries and are stable in only six. In only two countries, Congo and Zambia, are hippo numbers increasing.
Breeding
*The baby is born after a gestation period of 210 - 255 days
*A baby is 1m long, 0.5m at the shoulder and weighs 27kg.
*5 minutes after its birth, the baby can walk, run or swim.
*The baby is born after a gestation period of 210 - 255 days
*A baby is 1m long, 0.5m at the shoulder and weighs 27kg.
*5 minutes after its birth, the baby can walk, run or swim.
breeding
Predators
*Hippo’s calves are in danger from lions, hyenas, and crocodiles.
*The adult hippopotamus is usually too big for most predators to handle.
Pictures