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Hippo
By SL |
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Characteristics that puts it in this category:
Phylum: Chordata
Characteristics that puts it in this category:
Class: Mammalia
Characteristics that puts it in this category:
Order: Carnivora
Characteristics that puts it in this category:
Family: Odobenidae
Characteristics that puts it in this category:
Genius and Species: Odobenus and Odobenus Rosmarus
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Grunt. Grunt. Roar!
Off goes the tantrum of the walrus's,
flailing, beating, throwing themselves against the rocks.
The battle rages on, but there is only one victor.
I bet the walrus will win.
Normally people see hippos in Africa, but they are found mostly in the Nile river.
Don't let its size scare you, the hippo is a vegetarian.
It takes over 200 days for one calf to be born!
Though people see the hippo often during the day, but they are very asleep during the day but it is not nocturnal.
People often say that the hippo sweats blood, but actually it doesn't it sweats pigment