The hippo's skin will begin to crack up if the animal stays out of the water for too long. The hippo can charge at speeds of up to 30 km/h (19 mph) The hippopotamus’s conservation status is ‘vulnerable’. It is hunted for its meat and for its ivory tusks. Hippo Facts For Kid...
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Hippopotamus, amphibious African ungulate mammal that is considered the second largest living land animal (after the elephant).
The animal, Irwin now told the committee, would “turn the plague that they now have in the South into good, wholesome flesh for our people.” The hippopotamus was a perversely elegant win-win. Of course, it could be hard to see that logic through all the lavish weirdness of the ...