Young hippos do swim, but older hippos generally propel themselves through water by thrusting against the bottom using their legs. This is because an adult hippo is not usually buoyant (doesn't float). So they must surface every few minutes to breathe, which they do automatically while sleeping. While hippos can travel in water at a top speed of maybe 5 miles per hour, they can run on land up to 25 miles per hour or even a little faster for short distances. Hippos can swim when they are young but when they are older they walk along the bottom of the river.
hippos could probly swim if they had to but most of the time they just float in shallow water
Adult hippos can't swim. This may seem odd since they do spend a lot of time in the water. They hold their breath well and are adapted in many ways for semiaquatic life. But they can't swim. In fact adult hippos can't even float, probably because they're too dense, and although they look fat, their percentage of fat is low.
That's a dumb question. No.
No, a Hippopotamus is a mammal, it gives birth to live young. A hippopotamus is not classified as a marsupial.
=there are two kinds of hippopotamus such as the river hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus but both live in Africa.=
=there are two kinds of hippopotamus such as the river hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus but both live in africa.=
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The scientific name of the river hippopotamus is Hippopotamus amphibius.
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The scientific name of the river hippopotamus is Hippopotamus amphibius.
The hippopotamus lives in Africa
We say hippopotamus.
The Hippopotamus was created in 1994.