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The '''Hippopotamus''' or '''River Horse''' is a large African mammal that eats mostly plants. Once living in northern Africa, the hippopotamus is now only found south of the Sahara. The hippopotamus was probably the behemoth mentioned in Job 40:15-24. The hippopotamus has five [[baramin]], two of which are extinct.
==Description==
Hippopotamuses may weigh up to 7000 pounds and reach 5 feet in height. They live in schools and submerge themselves in rivers to protect themselves from the sun, coming up for air every 5 minutes or so.
===Diet===
A hippopotamus is a [[herbivore]], eating up to 150 pounds of grass in a night. They are able to regurgitate their food, chew it again as [[cud]], and then swallow it for digestion. Hippos have been known to attack crocodiles and humans. More people die from hippo attacks than from [[lion]]s.
===Reproduction===
Hippos are born underwater and have to swim to the surface to breath. While young hippopotamuses can float, when they get older they sink and must bounce along the bottom of the river.
== References ==
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[[Category:Mammals]]
==Description==
Hippopotamuses may weigh up to 7000 pounds and reach 5 feet in height. They live in schools and submerge themselves in rivers to protect themselves from the sun, coming up for air every 5 minutes or so.
===Diet===
A hippopotamus is a [[herbivore]], eating up to 150 pounds of grass in a night. They are able to regurgitate their food, chew it again as [[cud]], and then swallow it for digestion. Hippos have been known to attack crocodiles and humans. More people die from hippo attacks than from [[lion]]s.
===Reproduction===
Hippos are born underwater and have to swim to the surface to breath. While young hippopotamuses can float, when they get older they sink and must bounce along the bottom of the river.
== References ==
<references/>
[[Category:Mammals]]