The hippopotamus actually has a cousin that is nearly ten times smaller than it - the pygmy hippopotamus. It looks like a hippopotamus that is ten sizes smaller. People who are not familiar with the pygmy hippopotamus would definitely think that the pygmy hippopotamus is a hippopotamus cub.The pygmy...
Hippopotamus are large herbivores second only to elephants and rhinos in size, and are also very ferocious. Hippopotamus have hairless bodies, short and clumsy limbs, wide mouths with sharp tusks. Hippopotamus' eyes, external ears and nostrils are all exposed and protruding....