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How do you know hippos are mammals?

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∙ 14y ago
Updated: 10/8/2023

Elephants have hair and females have mammary glands that they use to nurse their young and do live birth, instead of laying eggs like birds and reptiles. Both of these are characteristics of mammals.

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