Hippo Babies

Hippo Babies are called calves. They weigh up to 100 pounds at birth. They nurse on land or in the water because they can close their ears and nostrils.

Hippo's can be so funny check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=tlofNRa3U1Y
I didnt know hippos liked fruit!

HIPPO

Doesn't he look like he's in a swiiming pool (I don't THINK he is)

I went to the zoo and I saw a...

PYGMY HIPPO!

Did you know that they eat grasses, water plants and fruit?

Or that they live in the tropical forest of West Africa and weigh up to 610 pounds.

I saw a pygmy hippo at the zoo today.

Hippos eat what?

Hippos are normaly herbivores but occasionly a dead animal will be eaten. Hippos prefer to eat grass and sometimes other plants. They will also eat aquatic plants. 

Here is a mother hippo with her baby.

Hippos habitat!

There are two Hippo species in Africa, the pygmy hippo and the large hippo. The pygmy hippo lives in West  Africa. The large hippo lives in East Africa.


all hippos live near water!!