some bulls use their canine teeth fighting for a territory

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Hippopotamus
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Descriptions

• Scientific name Hippopotamus Amphibious
• Males name is the Bull
• Females name is the Cow
• The young are called a Calf

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Description

• Cows weigh up to 3,300 lbs.
• Bulls weigh from 3,300-7,000lbs.
• Calves at birth weigh 100 lbs.

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Body

• A sturdy spine
• Four stout legs
• Looks like a barrel

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Habitat

• Lives in Africa
• Lives in a very hot climate
• Lives in 80-90F

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Gestation Period

• Gestation of the hippo is for 240 days
• Hippos give birth in shallow water
• Calf looks a grayish pinkish color

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Food\ Family

• Main food is grass
• Graze in tall grass
• Only relative is the pygmy

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Protection

• A hippos protection is its canines
• A lot bulls use their canines for fighting of
  other bulls
• Some bulls use their canine teeth fighting for a
  territory
• Cows use their canines for protection of their
  calves

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Life expectancy/Is it close to extinction

• Hippos can live up to 45-50 years
• In captivity they can live up to 75 years
• Hippos are not close to extinction

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Daily Duties

• Spend about 18 hours a day in water
• Or it cools itself by lying in muddy water
• It sunburns so easily it secretes from its pores
  a pinkish fluid
• The pinkish fluid is like sun block, but it can
  also kill germs and heal wounds

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Interesting Facts

• The bottom canine teeth can grow to be 20 inches
• Used in all of the battles
• Battles may last until one hippo is killed
• Bottom canine teeth sometimes stick through the
  top gum

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How big is it

• Third largest mammal in the world
• The 1st biggest is the elephant
• The 2nd biggest is the rhinoceros

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Other

• A group of hippos are called Herds, a Crash, a
  Bloat or a Huddle
• 10-20 hippos in herd, but can be up to 150 hippos
• Herds only consist of females

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