Six of us headed off in our small boat to search Lake Naivasha for hippos. It wasn’t long before we found our first bloat (that’s what they call a group of hippos). The hippos looked like they were having a refreshing swim, but they were probably walking along the bottom of the lake.They have to come up for air every five minutes. They look like rocks popping out of the water. Hippos are considered Africa’s deadliest land animals, so I was happy when I found out our boat could travel faster than a hippo. A little further around the lake we found another bloat snacking on grass—they are vegetarians. They look even bigger when they are up on land. How many Kilograms of grass do you think hippos have to eat everyday to get that big? You are Always in my prayers. Love Mom.
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NPWKB
2/27/2024 11:41:00 am
We think that they would have to eat - 100kg, 5kg, 10kg, or 29kg.
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Ray
2/28/2024 07:38:00 am
They eat around 40kgs of grass a day.
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NP2B
3/5/2024 09:14:49 am
We liked seeing the hippos. How much does an adult hippo weight? Did you get to see lots of baby hippos?
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Ray
3/5/2024 05:26:14 pm
An adult male hippo can weigh as much as three small cars. We did not see any real small hippos, but did see a few that you would consider to be teenagers. Hippos can run very fast for a short distance. They can run 30km/hr; much faster than everybody except a few olympic sprinters. The bottom teeth can be 50 cm long (one and a half feet long) and the bottom ones are a little shorter.
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Diane
3/6/2024 12:01:30 am
We couldn’t find info on how big it would be around a hippo’s leg. We do know that their legs are short and stocky compared to their body. So it is surprising how fast they run.
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