HIPPO FACTS TANZANIA BOTSWANA UGANDA NAIROBI KENYA MALAWI ZAMBIA AFRICA WILD DOG BABOON BUFFEL BUSHBUCK CHEETAH CHIMPANZEE ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN GORILLA GAZELLE HARTEBEEST HYENA ROCK HYRAX IMPALA JACKAL KUDU LEOPARD LION ORYX RHINO SABLE ANTILOPE THOMSONS GAZELLE TOPI VERVET MONKEY WARTHOG WATERBUCK WILDEBEEST ZEBRA SWAHILI SCIENTIFIC NAME HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS FEET TALL UP TO TONS SWAMPS PROTECTED AREAS HERBIVOROUS DAYS THE HIPPOPOTAMUS WHOSE HIDE ALONE WEIGH HALF LIVING ELEPHANTS WHITE RHINOS FEMALE DEITY PREGNANCY ANCIENT IN MODERN TIMES WIPED COUNTRY THE DAMAGE THRIVE PARTS PHYSICAL SEDENTARY BODY STUMPY FOOT TOES SPLAY ENOUGH THE WEIGHT THEREFORE SUPPORT ON LAND ALMOST BRISTLES THE MOUTH THE TIP NEITHER SWEAT SEBACEOUS GLANDS UNIQUE PRODUCE VISCOUS LEADING THE MYTH HIPPOS WATER KEEP IT THE RED FLUID SIMILAR THE ANIMAL HABITAT SPECIES IN AFRICA EAST SOUTH THE SAHARA MAMMAL AREAS USED TO CONTROL POPULATIONS SMALLER PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS LIMITED RESTRICTED RANGES WEST SOLITARY FOREST DWELLER BEHAVIOR AGGRESSIVE SCARS DEEP WOUNDS SIGNS DAILY FIGHTS DEVELOPED RITUALIZED HUGE FORMIDABLE TEETH MOVE SWIMMING KICKING HIND LEGS WALKING ON AQUATIC LIFE EYES NOSTRILS SENSES KEEN SUBMERGED ALERT SURROUNDINGS CLOSING EARS ADULT UNDER WATER SIX MINUTES SOCIAL SYSTEM DEFINED HIERARCHY FEED MIXED PERIODS DROUGHT LARGE NUMBERS FORCED OVERCROWDING EVEN HIGHER MALES AWAY SAFETY ANYTHING GETS REFUGE BITTEN DIET AGILE GOOD CLIMBERS TRAVERSE RATHER STEEP BANKS NIGHT GRAZE EXIT ENTER SPOTS FIVE HOURS LOOP COVERING FORAYS MODEST APPETITES HIGH YOUNG THE MOTHER NEWBORN THE SURFACE TEACHING WEIGHING PROTECTED LIONS MALE DO NOT BOTHER ATTACK ADULTS TAKING DEEP BREATH WRAPPING TONGUE PROCEDURE MUST NEWBORNS THE SAME WAY BEGINS GRASS AT 3 MOTHER CLIMB BACKS PREDATORS OTHER ANIMALS SUSCEPTIBLE SUITABLE NUMBERS INCREASE CHIEF HUNT HIDES IVORY NAME HIPPOPOTAMUS COMES THE GREEK MEANING ANIMALS ONCE RELATED THE PIG SPEND CLOSE TO SHORE LYING UNDISTURBED LIE ON THE SHORE THE MORNING SUN PAUL JANSSEN