What is a Hippo By Amber

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What is a Hippo?By Amber

• I chose hippos because they are interesting.
• An amazing thing about them is that they can bite
  a crocodile in half.
• They can also kill a lion!
• Hippopotamus in Greek means river horse.
• They are the worlds third largest mammal!

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Physical Description

• The hippos skin color is dark gray.
• The common hippo grows to be five and a half feet
  tall!
• Baby bulls play-fight, but adult bulls fight
  until one dies.
• Hippos grow to weigh 5100 pounds.

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Habitat

• Most hippos live in rivers, but the pygmy hippos
  hide in the rain forest.
• Common hippos come out of the water to eat.
• Hippos in the wild are only found in Africa,
  south of the Sahara desert.

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Diet

• Hippos are herbivores, but still eat very little
  a day. Cattle eat twice the amount as hippos.
• You never want to disturb a grazing hippo!
• Hippos like to eat grass, but in zoos hippos also
  eat hay, fruits, and veggies.
• Sometimes in water, hippos go to the bottom and
  eat water plants.
• Hippos eat 80-100 pounds of grass a day!

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Babies

• Mother hippos are very strict about having single
  file lines.
• Hippos are mammals.
• Sometimes calves are born under water.
• Babies are hunted by crocodiles and lions.
• Babies grow inside their moms tummy for 7 to 8
  months.
• Calves drink their moms milk before solid food.
• At birth they weigh 30 to 39 pounds, and are 5
  feet long.