What are the characteristics and abilities of hippos?

The characteristics and abilities of the hippopotamus are:

Hippos are characterized by a wide snout and large mouth, short and thick limbs, and a body like a thick barrel. Gastric chamber 3 does not ruminate. The nostrils are above the snout, in a straight line with the eyes and ears above. This hippopotamus is all lurking in the water, and it only needs to put the top of its head out of the water to smell, see, hear, and breathe.

The main skill of the hippopotamus is that he can swim and has a lot of strength.

Although they are large, hippos can float lightly in the water and can stay in the water for more than 5 minutes. Even the third largest animal on land can reach speeds of up to 40 kilometers per hour in short distances. After prolonged exposure to the sun, it will secrete pink oil, which is used to prevent excessive ultraviolet radiation.

Habits:

The hippopotamus is an amphibian.

Likes to live in groups, is afraid of cold, and likes warm climates. Their ** will dry out and crack after being out of water for a long time, and their life of foraging, mating, giving birth, and breastfeeding are also carried out in the water. Hippos are herbivores.

However, the sparse fangs are ten centimeters long, and the mother hippopotamus is very aggressive in order to protect the baby hippos.

Hippos move in pairs or small groups, and older males often move alone. Nocturnal: They sleep or rest in or near rivers almost throughout the day, come out to eat at night, and sometimes swim more than 30 kilometers down the river to feed. Mainly aquatic plants.

for food; They occasionally eat land crops, mainly grass, and sometimes go to the fields to eat crops, and when food is scarce, they also eat meat.

The hippopotamus has the ability to cross rivers.

One day, the little rabbit was going to the other side of the river to pick mushrooms, but he did not cross the river, and the little hippo saw it and said, "You sit on my back, and I will carry you across the river." ”

The little rabbit sat on the back of the little hippopotamus and soon reached the other side of the river. It happily said, "Thank you, little hippopotamus, you have great skills." The little hippopotamus was very strange: "Is my skill really great?" "Of course! Bunny said.

Within a few days, the little hippopotamus set up a "hippopotamus ferry station" by the river.

The hippopotamus has a wide snout and a large mouth, and its body on its short limbs resembles a thick, round barrel. The stomach has 3 chambers and does not regurgitate. The nostrils above the mouth are in a straight line with the eyes and ears.

The hippopotamus has such a body structure that even if its whole body is lurking in the water, it can perform a series of actions such as smell, sight, hearing, and breathing as long as the top of its head is exposed to the water.

Generally, the body length of adult hippos is about meters, of which the short tail is about 46 cm long, the shoulder height is about meters, the average weight of the female hippopotamus is tons, the average weight of the old individual is tons, the average ton of wild male hippos, the largest elderly individual is more than 2 tons, and their lower canines are about 60 cm long and can weigh up to 3 kg. In general, the lower canines of female hippos do not grow by the age of 25, but the lower canines of male hippos will grow into adulthood.

The largest male hippos in the wild have been recorded weighing more than 2,600 kilograms, which is a staggering number, but what is even more shocking is that some captive hippos can reach more than 3,000 kilograms. There are even more alarming records of heavier weights, although they may not seem reliable, there have been records that a hippopotamus named Hilberland weighed 4,500 kilograms left. Although hippos look tall and bulky, they can run faster than the fastest sprinters, reaching speeds of 30 to 40 kilometers per hour and the fastest speeds of up to 48 kilometers per hour, but hippos do not have good endurance, so they are excellent sprinters, but they are not good at long-distance running.

Hippos' heads are one of their most striking features, as one of their heads alone weighs about 200 kilograms. They have 4 toes on their wide feet, which are connected by a membrane.

The hippopotamus's bulky body is wrapped in a thick layer of blue-black skin, with brick-red markings on it, and there is almost no hair on the body except for some short hairs on the tail. Hippos' extraordinarily thick skin has a layer of fat inside, so they can float out of the water effortlessly. However, when hippos are exposed to the air, a lot of water from their skins will evaporate, so in order to avoid dehydration, they cannot stay out of the water for a long time, and can only stay in water or moist habitats as much as possible.

Although hippos are herbivores, they have tusks that grow up to 10 centimeters, and the female hippos have a strong sense of protection, and they will launch territorial attacks in order to protect the baby hippos, so according to statistics, dozens of people in Africa will die every year because they are attacked by hippos near the water's edge.

Hippos and Nile crocodiles generally practice the principle of peaceful coexistence, but sometimes Nile crocodiles will also hunt lone baby hippos, and hippos will also fight back against Nile crocodiles, they also have a record of killing small Nile crocodiles, but hippos are not as easy as the legend of large predators who can easily and seriously damage more than a meter. Although the average hippopotamus has a body advantage over the Nile crocodile, there are also Nile crocodiles that are equal in size to the average young adult female hippopotamus, such as the Gustav Nile crocodile can already threaten sub-adult or even smaller adult hippos. Hippos are not entirely safe, as there have been records of lions hunting adult hippos.

The characteristic of the horse is that the horse's sense of smell is very developed, and it is an organ with a very strong ability to perceive information, which makes it easy to receive all kinds of external information without hearing or other sensory organs noticing, and can respond quickly; In ancient times, the skill of horses was the main driving force for agricultural production, transportation, and military activities. In some developing countries and regions, horses are still mainly used for service and are an important part of the force**.

Horses like to live in groups and generally consist of a stallion, several mares, and their offspring. Each population has a well-defined range of movement and migrates at a rate of 5-10 km per day. Horses feed on the desert sage, saxon, reeds, red willows, etc., and in winter they can cut through the snow to forage for dead grass.

Individuals in the group often clean each other** after eating, gently lick each other's nails, shoulders, dorsal sides, buttocks, etc., and sometimes take care of themselves.

The hippopotamus is the third largest mammal on land after elephants and rhinoceros, with a large and clumsy body, a body length of 350-450 cm, a tail length of about 56 cm, and a weight of 3000-3500 kg, but it is relatively short, with particularly short limbs, and a shoulder height of only 140-165 cm, which is less than half the height of an elephant.

The body of the hippopotamus is covered by a thick layer of skin, the skin is blue-black with brick-red markings, and there is almost no hair on the body except for some short hairs on the tail. The hippopotamus has an exceptionally thick skin, and the inside of the skin is a layer of fat, which allows it to float out of the water effortlessly.