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A hippopotamus lives both on land and in the water.
They stay in the water for most of the hot daytime.
Sometimes they lie near the water to sleep in the sunshine if it is not too hot.
They come out of the water at night when it is cool to eat plants.
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A baby hippo is called a calf.
Its mother is a cow and its father is a bull.
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A hippo has a very big mouth and teeth.
It is a fierce animal.
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Words
Hippopotamus
A very big animal with not much hair. It lives in Africa.
Say - hip-poe-pot-uh-muss
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