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[T]he river hippopotamus inhabits more open areas. It lives in lakes and rivers near grasslands in tropical Africa south of the Sahara, usually where the water is deep and slow-flowing. During the dry season, when lakes and rivers shrink, hundreds of hippos sometimes congregate in closely packed herds, and their deep grunting calls can be heard a great distance away.
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An African folk tale describes how God created the hippopotamus and told it to cut grass for the other animals. When the hippo discovered how hot Africa was... it asked God if it could stay in the water during the day and cut grass at night when the weather was cool. God agreed, though He was reluctant because He feared the hippo might eat the river's fish.
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The common hippopotamus comes out of water at night to feed on grass, always following the same paths.They generally return to the water at sunrise to spend the morning dozing. They may lie on the banks to sunbake if it is not too hot or windy. On land they can run at about 30 kilometres an hour if they have to, but only for a short distance.
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The hippopotamus typically sleeps during the day and maintains activity at night. It is not... strictly nocturnal. Hippos may cover up to 33 km of water each night in search of food. They eat mainly the grasses along the shores of the rivers they inhabit, but they have been seen grazing up to 3.2 km from the shoreline.
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Hippopotamus is Greek for “river horse,” and the animal has been known since ancient times. Hippopotamuses are often seen basking on the banks or sleeping in the waters of rivers, lakes, and swamps next to grasslands. Because of their great size and aquatic…
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This benevolent-looking hippopotamus slips into the marshes, taking on their colour and half-engulfed in water plants. Bright-blue Egyptian faience figures of hippopotami such as this were placed in the tombs of high-ranking civil servants toward the end of the Middle Kingdom.
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