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HIPPOPOTAMUS
Aldi Aldinar
Sri Mulyani
Kevin Tavani
Ahmad Hidayat
Tegar Ramadhani
SOCIAL
PROGRAMME 4
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Hippopotamus
(Hippopotamus amphibious) or in
ancient Greek is “River Horse” is the terrestrial mammal in
Sub-Sahara Africa especially along East and West Africa. Hippopotamus is one of
only two extant species in the family of Hippopotamidae.
The other species is Pigmy Hippopotamus.
The differences of Hippopotamus
Amphibious and Pigmy Hippopotamus
is the size. Hippopotamus Amphibious
is bigger than Pigmy Hippopotamus and
become the third-largest of terrestrial mammal after the elephant and
rhinoceros.
Common hippos
are recognizable by their barrel-shaped body, wide-opening mouths revealing
large canine tusks, hairless body, columnar-like legs and large size.
Adult hippos average 1.500-3.000 Kg and
make them the heaviest extant artiodactyl. Despite its stocky shape and short
legs, it is able to run until 30 KM/ hour over short distances. Hippos has big teeth
and big tongue in wide-opening mouths that it is the self-defense weapon.
The
Hippopotamus is a highly aggressive and unpredictable animal, they have ranked
among the most dangerous animals in Africa. they have ivory canine teeth that
help them to defense their territorial. Furthermore, hippos often attacks when
they are disturbed by another animals and sometimes, Hippos are fighting for
their food and territorial with another hippos. The wide-opening mouths with
ivory canine teeth is the deadly weapon when they are fighting.
The
common hippopotamus is semiaquatic, inhabiting in river, mangrove swamp, and
lakes. Hippos spends almost their time in the water or mud for keeping their
wetness. Although hippos are able to release a red slime liquid to protect them
from the sun. If they are not in water, they will dehydrate. Where territorial
hippos preside over a stretch of river and groups of five to thirty females and
young.
During the
night, they emerge at dusk to graze on grassland. Hippos eats more than 60 Kg
of grass each night. Sometimes, hippos preys like a carnivorous such as
crocodiles, deer, etc. They tend to choose areas that have diet enough despite
it’s far away from their home. Hippos will breach grassland and forest to
satisfy their appetite. Furthermore, they are still threatened by habitat loss
and poaching for their meat and ivory canine teeth.
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