May Tricky Trivia – Hippopotamus

May Tricky Trivia -  Hippopotamus

Kassidy Brackett, Reporter

Questions:

  1. How many species of hippopotamus are there?

 

  1. How long can the average Hippopotamus hold its breath?

 

  1. Hippos are herbivores. Hippos eat, on average, __ pounds of grass each night.    

 

  1. True or False? Hippopotamus are the fourth largest animals on Earth.

 

  1. True or False? Hippopotamus produce their own natural sunblock. 

 

Answers:

  1. Two! The large/common hippo and the smaller relative, the pygmy hippo!

 

  1. Five minutes!

 

  1. 80!

 

  1. False. They are the third-largest living land mammal, after elephants and white rhinos!

 

  1. True!

 

Cites 

https://www.worldanimalprotection.us/blogs/10-interesting-facts-know-about-hippos

https://afktravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hippos-immune.jpg