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  2. Hippopotamus - Wikipedia

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    Small boats can easily be capsized by hippos and passengers can be injured or killed by the animals, or drown in the water. In one 2014 case in Niger, a boat was capsized by a hippo and 13 people were killed. [103] Hippos will often raid farm crops if the opportunity arises, and humans may come into conflict with them on these occasions.

  3. Hippo Facts That Will Amaze (and Terrify) You - AOL

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    Hippos weigh between 3,000 and 10,000 pounds, making them the second largest animal on land. Despite this enormous size, however, hippos are herbivores and aren’t naturally aggressive. But they ...

  4. Wikipedia : WikiProject WikiFundi Content/Hippopotamus

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    Small boats can be capsized by hippos and passengers can be injured or killed by the animals or drown. In one case in Niger, a boat was capsized by a hippo and 13 people were killed. [ 82 ] As hippopotamuses will often engage in raiding nearby crops if the opportunity arises, humans may also come in conflict with them on these occasions, with ...

  5. Rondevlei Nature Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The hippos stay under water during the day so they can only be spotted during the night or in the evening. In February 2004, a young hippo calf named Hugo or Houdini escaped from Rondevlei after it was bullied by an older dominant male and was on the run for 10 months until it was caught in December and moved to an Eastern Cape private reserve.

  6. Are hippos in trouble? Feds have three years to decide if ...

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    A federal judge has given the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service three more years to determine whether the common hippopotamus should be protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Wild hippos ...

  7. How to safari without the Jeep - AOL

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    The world’s third-largest land mammal, the hippo is ferocious when it feels threatened, and can be more dangerous than notoriously fearsome animals such as lions.

  8. Pygmy hippopotamus - Wikipedia

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    The common hippopotamus gives birth and mates only in the water, but pygmy hippos mate and give birth on both land and water. Young pygmy hippos can swim almost immediately. At birth, pygmy hippos weigh 4.5–6.2 kg (9.9–13.7 lb) with males weighing about 0.25 kg (0.55 lb) more than females.

  9. Mare aux Hippopotames - Wikipedia

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    The park is home to about 100 hippos; about 1000 eco-tourists visit each year. [citation needed] It is located about 60 kilometers (37 mi) north of Bobo-Dioulasso, and is itself about 163 square kilometres (63 sq mi) in size. Mare aux Hippopotames is among the wetlands of international importance as defined by the Ramsar Convention. [2]