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Hippopotamuses
The plant-eating hippopotamus is the third-largest land mammal by weight and is often regarded as the most ferocious animal in Africa.
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well hippos can hit around 35 where elephants cn do 40 to 47 depending on the size and sex of the animal but a hippo can hit top speed in waters and when they do they can take down a full grown elephant
What do you do if you come in face with a hippo?
Most of the people coming close to those creatures die or lose a limb if they survive. In other words avoiding them is the best.
Are hippos are related to elephants?
No, they are different species.
Yes. The mammoths and elephants related though the mammoths are closely related to Asian elephants than to African elephants.
What is the scientific name of hippopotamus?
SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATIONCOMMON NAME:hippopotamus, hippoKINGDOM:AnimaliaPHYLUM:ChordataCLASS:MammaliaORDER:ArtiodactylaFAMILY:HippopotamidaeGENUS SPECIES:Hippopotamus (horse, a river) amphibius(on both sides, living)
What type of meat does a hippo eat?
a hippo is a herbivore in other words they don't eat meat it may seem like they hunt food under water but they don't they just stay under the water to stay cool from the boiling African sun. they don't eat meat but if a hippo get's up on the wrong side for the bed and you get to close they could kill you. At night when everything has cooled down they come out and eat grass.
How do hippos talk to each other?
Hippos talk to each other by opening there mouth and like screaming out like a little voice. The males talk louder then the females because the females have soft voices.
What does a hippo do to scare its predators?
snort, wiggle ears, and open its 4 foot mouth to show its teeth.
What is the term for an animal that eats mainly meats?
The name for an animal that eats ALL MEAT is a carnivore. An animal that eats BOTH PLANTS AND MEAT is a ominavore and the name for an animal that eats ALL PLANTS is a herbivore. Hope that answered your question! PS: i am not completely sure of the spelling
$4,100 is the average retail price for a Hippo in America, it would cost nearly $20,000 to feed and shelter it.
Who would win a fight between a hippo and a crocodile?
The Crocodile Could Eat The Hippo But The Hippo Could Get The Crocodile Away With TheBreath...... I believe they would both win.
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I personally think it depends on the size and age of both. ----- A hippo would win because it could put a foot ontop of the crocodile's mouth and then the crocodile wouldn't be able to move its mouth.
How are a hippo and a rhino different?
Rhinos are gray mammals that have one or two horns on their heads. Hippos are brownish mammals that have no horns and like water.
Well hippos are one of the most dangerous animals, hippos spend most of there time in water and rhinos on land. Rhinos also have a couple of horns and can run very fast.
They're skin turns pink when they're in the sun and get really hot and it acts as a sunscreen. The pink skin also acts as an antibiotic so that when they return to the feces filled water covered in cuts after fighting, they don't get infections.
they do have tusks...they are just really small. like "knobs'' in my description.
Hippos are not usually killed by any animal other than another hippo, and in those cases the other hippo doesn't eat the one it killed since hippos are herbivores. But in the rare cases when hippos are killed they are either killed by us humans, or large predators like lions. However, the lions must work together, for taking down a hippo is quite a daunting task. sometimes in an act of defense the hippo will kill one or two of the lions.
A hippopotamus can grow to be around five feet tall. Males may continue to put on weight throughout their lives, although females stop growing around the age of 25. Hippos can live for up to 50 years.
How fast can the worlds fastest person run?
36kph.
You can also google it.
The 36kph world record was made when the TV runs black and white, the new record today is held by a Jamaican named Usain bolt running at 44kph but maybe, no someone will definitely beat this record after some years or maybe decades
The Hippo's body is brownish gray with pink spots on the top
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What is the environment like where hippopotamus live?
hippopotamuses live in wet areas known as wetlands.
When was the hippopotamus first discovered?
This is quite the story. The native Indians stummbled upon the formerly known "ippo", they thought it was a rock upon the bottom of the ocean. They renamed the "ippo" hippo, due to their blackish color. Named after the African Americans. Now you know where the "ippo" came from. Hippo's were conceived from the mating of the giraffe, and the alligator.
What are hippos food chain level?
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Where is the hippo in the food chain?
Although there are some predators of the hippo young, the hippo is at the top of his game. Even crocodiles are afraid of hippos.
What animals prey on lobsters?
When lobsters are young, their predators are different kinds of fish, usually cod, tench, flounder, sculpin, wolffish, ocean pout, monkfish, and dogfish.
Adult lobsters have no real predators except man. When they are moulting (throwing off their too-small shells) they are vulnerable to other sea creatures, but they usually change in a sheltered place.
What is the size of hippopotamus's?
Hippos are extremely huge animals. They are one of the largest land animals. It is the third largest mammal on earth by size and weight. The average weight for Adult Males is between 1500 and 1800 kilograms which works out to 3300 to 4000 pounds in weight. Females are much lower in weight and weigh between 1300 to 1500 kilograms which works out to around 3000 pounds. Adult Males weighing around 3000 to 4000 kilograms have also been seen and recorded. Male hippos grow throughout their lives and that is why they can grow to such huge weights.
