介绍:
The hippopotamus, or hippo, lives in the hot part of Africa, it’s a mammal, that is, itsbabies are born alive, and they drink milk from their mother’s body.
The hippopotamus is a large animal. A hippoweighs four tons. Its stomachis seven meters long, it eats only plants. A hippo is a mammal, but, it spendsa lot of time in the water.
During the day, it sleeps beside a river or alake. Sometimes, it wakes up. Then it goes under the water to get some plantsfor food. It can close its nose and stay under water for ten minutes. Its ears, eyes and nose, are high up on itshead. It can stay with its body under the water, only its ears, eyes andnose abovethe water, then it can breathe the air.
At night, hippo walks on the land and looksfor food. It never goes very far from the water.
A baby hippo often stands on its mother’s back, the mother looks for food under the water, the baby hippo rides on herback above the water.
