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FAST FACTS ABOUT HIPPOS Baby hippos are born underwater. They can swim almost from the moment they're born.
Baby hippos are called calves. They often nurse underwater. Mother hippos go to quiet places to have babies. They often give birth in shallow spots in lakes or rivers. Sometimes baby hippos are born underwater. The hippo baby calf rises quickly to the surface to take its first breath. Newborn baby hippos are bright pink. Mother hippos keep their babies safe. They watch their calves closely. A baby hippo walks close to its mother's neck. That way, the mother hippo can see her baby. In the water, a baby hippo must swim close to its mother's side. If the mother stops, the calf must stop. Sometimes the mother hippo leaves teh water to find some grass to eat. The baby hippos follow right behind her.
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THE FUTURE OF HIPPOS There are fewer than 200,000 wild hippos left in Africa. Someday hippos may become endangered. Some kinds of wild hippos have already died out forever. Animals that have died out forever are extinct. Scientits want to learn how to keep hippos safe. They study how hippos live. Learning about hippos is important. By learning about hippos, you can help make sure that these amazing animals stay around for years and generations in the future. Often the display is enough to make the challenging hippopotamus back off. Sometimes, however, hippos fight aggressively, leading to deep wounds and sometimes even death. The family group of hippos spends most of the day in the water. Staying submerged helps a hippo stay cool in the hot, tropical climate where it lives. The hippo's nose, ears, and eyes are on the top of its head, and they protrude from the water while the rest of its head and its body lie beneath the surface. That way a hippo can breathe, see, and hear even while its body is submerged. When a hippo sinks completely underwater, its nose and ears automatically close so that no water seeps in. Hippos are excellent swimmers and can hold their breath for about five minutes. They can even walk along the bottoms of rivers and lakes. At dusk, hippos leave their watery daytime spot, lumber onto land, and walk as far as 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the water to graze on short grasses, their main food. Grazing until dawn, a hippo may eat up to 150 pounds (68 kilograms) of grass a night. They avoid the heat of the sun by returning to a river or lake before sunrise.
Hippopotamus comes from two Greek words that mean river horse. Hippos' toes are webbed, which helps them paddle through the water. Hippopotamuses live in rivers and lakes in central and southern Africa. A hippo's tail is about 22 inches (56 centimeters) long. A hippo is 12 to 15 feet (4 to 5 meters) long and weighs from 5,000 to 8,000 pounds (2,300 to 3,600 kilograms). Two tusks, or canine teeth, in the hippo's lower jaw can grow more than a foot (30 centimeters) long. Hippos eat only vegetation—grasses and water plants. Nutrients from the hippos' dung provide food for microorganisms, which in turn are food for fish. Hippos can live to be more than 40 years old in the wild. Hippopotamuses are aggressive, do not fear humans, and are considered one of Africa's more dangerous animals. Lions, crocodiles, leopards, hyenas, and wild dogs often kill baby hippos, but adult hippos are rarely attacked. People used to think that hippos sweat blood. Actually, hippos' sweat has an oily red pigment in it—not blood. The only land animals larger than hippos are elephants and rhinoceroses. Reference: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ |
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