Hippo By SL

|Scientific Classification| |Poem| |Fun Facts| |Resources|

Kingdom: Animalia

Characteristics that puts it in this category:

• it's multicellular
• it's a hetrotroph
• it has tissues

Phylum: Chordata

Characteristics that puts it in this category:

• it has a ventra heart
• it has a digestive system
• it has an endoskeleton

Class: Mammalia

Characteristics that puts it in this category:

• it has ear bones
• it has hair on its body
• it has mamary glands
• it produces milk
• it gives live birth

Order: Carnivora

Characteristics that puts it in this category:

• they eat meat/ other animals

Family: Odobenidae

Characteristics that puts it in this category:

• it has a thick vibrissae

Genius and Species: Odobenus and Odobenus Rosmarus

• it can withstand cold weather
• it has a thick layer of fat
• it has leathery-type skin

Resources:

www.ask.com

www.animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/.com

Poem:

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.

   Fun Facts:

• 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 

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