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Hippos primarily inhabit freshwater environments like rivers and lakes. While they can tolerate brackish water, they do not typically swim in saltwater. Their skin is sensitive and can easily become dehydrated, making saltwater habitats unsuitable for them. Therefore, hippos are generally found in areas with freshwater sources.
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Does a person swim faster in chloine water or salt water?
There is no effect.
Do muskrat swim in salt water?
This animal is not adaptted to salt water.
Is it easier to float in salt water than chlorinated water?
Yes, it's generally easier to float in salt water than in chlorinated water because salt water is denser than fresh water. The higher density of salt water provides more buoyancy, making it easier for objects (including people) to float.
Are hippos born live?
Hippos are viviparous, which means the baby develops living inside the mother before they are born. They are born alive.
What is a group of hippos?
A group of hippos is sometimes called a bloat, pod, or siege.
Do pygmy hippos bathe in salt water or fresh water?
Hippos bathe in freshwater.
Can hippos swim fast?
Hippos can swim up to 7 mps.
Why do hippos swim?
Hippos can't swim! Their bodies are to dense to float!
What do hippos like to do?
Hippos like to swim they. swim more than half of their day.
How fast hippos swim?
Hippos don't swim...they run along the bottom of the river.
Does your body absorb salt water from the ocean when you swim in it?
No, your body does not absorb salt water from the ocean when you swim in it.
Where do hippos swim?
they swim in lakes or ponds but they do not swim in oceans
Do pirnahas swim in salt water or fresh waater?
salt water
Is it quicker to swim in salt water or fresh water?
Salt water has a slightly higher density, so it will be a little quicker to swim in fresh water.
What water does a clown fish swim in salt or fresh?
They live in salt water They live in salt water
Do humpback whales live in salt water or fresh water?
Generally in fresh water. The island Orango, Bijagós Islands, located 60 kilometers (38 miles) off the coast of mainland Guinea-Bissau, has a sizable colony of saltwater hippopotamuses.
Why is it easier to swim in sea water then in fresh water?
Because there is salt in sea water and salt makes you float better so is easier to swim.
