• Hippos were once thought to sweat blood. Actually, hippos secrete a pinkish colored oil that helps them keep their skin moist in the hot African climate.
• Hippos are efficient grazers - their lips are almost 70 cm. or about two feet wide!
• Baby hippos swim the moment they are born because they are born underwater
• Female hippos will actually baby-sit a group of other female's babies.
• The hippo relatives are camels, pigs, and deer.

http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Hippopotamus.asp

http://www.nature-wildlife.com/hipptxt.htm

http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/africa/hippo/

http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/hippopotamusab.html

http://moray.ml.duke.edu/projects/hippos/JustForKids/HippoFacts.html

http://www.savethehippos.com/information.html

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