Hippos are extremely huge animals. They are one of the largest land animals. It is the third largest mammal on earth by size and weight. The average weight for Adult Males is between 1500 and 1800 kilograms which works out to 3300 to 4000 pounds in weight. Females are much lower in weight and weigh between 1300 to 1500 kilograms which works out to around 3000 pounds. Adult Males weighing around 3000 to 4000 kilograms have also been seen and recorded. Male hippos grow throughout their lives and that is why they can grow to such huge weights.
Adult pygmy hippos weigh about 400-600 pounds.
Hippopotamus are endangered due to the exploitation and habit loss (mainly due to heavy clearning of forest area). They are hunted illegally for meat.
Given their size, one might say hippos can't float because hippos seem too heavy to swim. One would be wrong. The hippo's fat makes it buoyant so it can float very well. On the other hand Hippos do not really swim. Their method of travel is very simple: they walk, or bound, if underwater.
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The collective nouns are a bloat of hippos, a crash of hippos, or a herd of hippos.
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Adult hippos can't swim. This may seem odd since they do spend a lot of time in the water. They hold their breath well and are adapted in many ways for semiaquatic life. But they can't swim. In fact adult hippos can't even float, probably because they're too dense, and although they look fat, their percentage of fat is low.
Hippos and alligators don't live in the same regions. Hippos do kill crocodiles, but they don't eat them.
The Hippos was created in 1995.
Because they are hippos!