Hello and welcome to the article that's about an animal that some people think are lazy and harmless but actually are very aggressive, fast, great underwater and has a very very very very (well you know what I mean) big mouth! Its the most dangerous animal in Africa and one of the most dangerous animals in the world.
Yep, you guessed it – today's article is about hippopotamuses .
You might be thinking hippos are great swimmers but to tell the truth hippos don't even swim! Hippos walk on their tippy-toes instead of swimming their like underwater ballerina!
Hippos have a big big big big big mouth. I'm 8 years old but if I stood in a hippos mouth there would still be some room! With such a big mouth you might think that hippos are carnivores but the truth is hippos are herbivores – very big and dangerous herbivores! Now you know animals that eat plants can still be dangerous... very dangerous! Hippos are herbivores so each night hippos come out out of their rivers and take HUGE mouthfuls of grass to eat.
Hippos are herbivores but they still sometimes attack other animals that are in their territory like crocodiles and lions. Hippos can bite a 3 meter long crocodile in half but still sometimes crocodiles walk on top of hippos backs.
I know this is kind of gross but, to mark their territory, male (boy) hippos poop. But they don't just poop, the spray their poop every where! Don't only stay away from a hippo because they're the most dangerous animal in Africa also stay away from hippos because you might get sprayed with poop!
If you want to see a hippo just go to the zoo (or you can go on a safari in Kenya, Africa) because most zoos have hippos.
I know that you love hippos and I do too, but my article is now over.
bye-bye!!
cassowarygirl
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