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HIPPOS

HIPPOS. Hippos are fat animals!. By LS. INTRODUCTION. Scientific name is hippopotamus amphibious Weighs 10,000 pounds Third largest land animal Can run 20 miles per hour. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. Long stiff hairs on the front of their face around their mouth and nose VERY big mouth

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HIPPOS

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  1. HIPPOS Hippos are fat animals! By LS

  2. INTRODUCTION • Scientific name is hippopotamus amphibious • Weighs 10,000 pounds • Third largest land animal • Can run 20 miles per hour

  3. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE • Long stiff hairs on the front of their face around their mouth and nose • VERY big mouth • Belly is almost scraping the ground • Leather looking skin • 10 to 12 feet long • 4 feet tall • Stubby ears that stick up above the eyes • Eyes are big and on the side of the heard • Gray or brown skin

  4. LIFESPAN • 40 or more years when they live in the wild • 50 or more years in captivaty • Not endangered

  5. HABITAT • Lives In Africa • Rivers to keep cool • Protected areas / wild life parks (they never wanted to go there) • Swamps to keep cool • Mucky water to keep cool and to be camouflage

  6. CLIMATE • Rains in spring, fall and, winter • They love this climate because the stay in the water and keep cool and wet • Sunny in summer and most of spring • Very humid

  7. FOOD • Herbivore • doesn’t eat any animals • Eats grass, leaves, and muck—mud and sticks on the bottom of the swamp

  8. PREY OF-Things that eat hippos • Alligators • Crocodiles • Lions (only to babies) • Hyenas (only to babies) • Humans want there teeth

  9. BEHAVIOR • Sleepy • Lazy • Fights when something gets in between it and the baby • Lives in small groups

  10. BABIES • The pregnant female leaves for two weeks • one baby is usually one baby is born sometimes twins • Baby weighs 100 pounds right when it’s born

  11. PHYSICAL ADAPTATIONS • Nostrils open and close so water doesn’t get in them • Weighs 10,000 so not a lot of animals will mess with them • Ears can move so it can hear well • Sweats oils on skin like sun screen so doesn’t get sun burned

  12. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATION • Eats a lot so it can stand on the bottom of the river for a long time • Stays in the river a lot of the day so they stay cool • Stays in a group so it is not attacked

  13. PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS • Big teeth which helps them eat their food and protects them from other animals • Strong and wide mouth for chewing • Strong muscles for swimming • Can see in the dark (not nocturnal)-to protect itself from predators

  14. FUN FACTS • The word hippo comes from the Greek word riverhorse • Hippos spend 75% of their day in the water • Can sleep under water

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