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Hippopotamus skull, showing the large canines and incisors used for fighting. The hippopotamus is a megaherbivore and is exceeded in size among land animals only by elephants and some rhinoceros species. The mean adult weight is around 1,480 kg (3,260 lb) for bulls and 1,365 kg (3,009 lb) for cows.
Hippopotamidae is a family of stout, naked-skinned, and semiaquatic artiodactyl mammals, possessing three-chambered stomachs and walking on four toes on each foot. While they resemble pigs physiologically, their closest living relatives are the cetaceans.
Once it was determined that Owen had grown too large to safely interact with Mzee, a separate enclosure was built for Owen and a new hippo named Cleo, with whom he bonded quickly. With Owen now twice Mzee's size and well on his way to being socialized with other hippos, the famous friends went their separate ways and Mzee was returned to his ...
A baby pygmy hippo living at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand continues to become a viral sensation. The 2-month-old pygmy hippopotamus named Moo Deng was born in July, according to NBC News, and ...
france hippo But a video that's getting attention on Digg will bring you back to reality -- and it'll blow your mind. The footage shows a man in Japan giving the hippos a not-so-little treat.
The accompanying music video shows the hippo, now four months old, bouncing along to the words as the lyrics play beside her. Related: A New Moo Deng Enters the Chat! Pygmy Hippo Named Haggis Born ...
A male pygmy hippopotamus is known as a bull, a female as a cow, and a baby as a calf. A group of hippopotami is known as a herd or a bloat. [6] The pygmy hippopotamus is a member of the family Hippopotamidae where it is classified as a member of the genus Choeropsis ("resembling a hog"). Members of Hippopotamidae are sometimes known as ...
Soon, the hippopotamus submerges and spots the deadly shark. The enraged hippo comes towards the shark, and the shark comes towards the hippo, who then opens his mouth, revealing his huge sharp foot-long canine teeth, but the bull shark keeps coming and is finally crushed and killed when the larger hippo closes his mouth on him, ending the fight.