Environmental Sciences, asked by sakruthi6771, 1 year ago

tell me some facts about hippopotamus'

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Answered by yadavpriyal907
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Hippopotamuses are large mammals, with short, stumpy legs, and barrel-shaped bodies. They have large heads, with broad mouths, and nostrils placed at the top of their snouts. Like pigs, they have four toes, but unlike pigs, all of the toes are used in walking.
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Answered by pankaj4919
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Fascinating Facts About Hippos

(1) Hippos can’t swim or float! They walk or stand on surfaces below the water like sandbanks. Even so, they spend most of the day in water to protect their sensitive skin from the sun.
(2) They secrete an oily red substance that acts as a moisturiser, sunblock and protects them from germs.(3) This also makes them look like they are sweating blood.
(4)Although hippos can hold their breath for approximately seven minutes, most adult hippos resurface every three to five minutes to breathe. (5) This is an automatic process – even sleeping hippo surface to breathe without waking.Hippos can close their nostrils and ears to prevent water from entering. (6)This is why hippo calves can suckle on land or underwater.An open mouth is not a yawn but rather assign to warn you off. You will only see hippo ‘yawning’ while in the water because they are only territorial while in the water. You will also hear them ‘honking’ and ‘grunting’ which how they mark their territory.(7)
A hippo can live for up to 40 years.Hippos usually come out of the water for four to five hours at night to graze and can cover up to 10km in this time. Their diet consists of grass and they graze usi
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