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The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) (/ ˌ h ɪ p ə ˈ p ɒ t ə m ə s /; pl.: hippopotamuses; often shortened to hippo (pl.: hippos), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus and river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two extant species in the family ...
You may have heard that hippos kill 500 people a year in Africa, making them the deadliest mammal on land. However, that statistic doesn’t tell the whole story.
In Africa, the hippo is known by various names, including seekoei , mvuvu , kubu and mvubu (Xhosa, Siswati and Zulu) in the south; [8] kiboko , ensherre , tomondo , nvubu , ifuru , emiria , magawit , kibei and olmakau in the African Great Lakes region; [9]: 256 and ጉማርረ/gumarre [10] and jeer in the Horn of Africa.
Hippo Regius (also known as Hippo or Hippone) is the ancient name of the modern city of Annaba, Algeria. It served as an important city for the Phoenicians , Berbers , Romans , and Vandals . Hippo was the capital city of the Vandal Kingdom from AD 435 to 439, [ 1 ] after which it was shifted to Carthage following the Vandal capture of Carthage ...
france hippo But a video that's getting attention on Digg will bring you back to reality -- and it'll blow your mind. The footage shows a man in Japan giving the hippos a not-so-little treat.
The name was selected after a poll generated more than 116,000 votes across 165 countries, according to a news release. Poppy, a female calf, was born at Metro Richmond Zoo on Dec. 9, just in time ...
Hippopotamidae is a family of stout, naked-skinned, and semiaquatic artiodactyl mammals, possessing three-chambered stomachs and walking on four toes on each foot. While they resemble pigs physiologically, their closest living relatives are the cetaceans.
A wildlife photographer filmed two male lions in South Africa attacking and killing a young hippo. Experts say this is rare, and lions are much more likely to take down easy prey, like zebras and ...