Animals - Hippopotamus Pictures
Facts about Hippopotamus
hippopotamus is a relative of pigs :When I saw a hippopotamus for the first time. I had thought it was a big pig , but it was true on one side . do you know that the hippopotamus is a distant relative of the pigs - when a hippo opens its mouth , we can see his teeth. Such long tusk like canine teeth .
a male hippopotamus use those teeth for fighting. Otherwise a hippo is a plant eater. They eat grass and chew it up with large grinding teeth.a hippopotamus loves to be in water . okay what is meant by "Hippopotamus"? - It means "river horse". It lies in a slow moving river during the day. Have you seen how its eyes and ears are placed? They are placed near the top of its head so that as much of its body as possible can remain under water. i can hear , what you are asking me - "Doesn't water go inside its nostrils ?" , When it goes fully underwater, it closes its nostrils. And then at night hippopotamus leaves the river and goes to the feeding ground to eat grass. Hippopotamus are found in Africa .
YOu may be also interested in "i want a hippopotamus for christmas" song - hippo song
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