11 Hefty Facts About Hippos
A favored subject of nature docudrama , the hippopotamus is huge , heavy , and herbivorous . Hippos are thethird largestland animal — only elephant and white rhinoceroses are bigger — and surprisingly agile in an aquatic environment . But do n’t get in a hippo ’s fashion : They areextremely aggressiveand kill about500people a class , make them the public ’s deadly mammal ( after humans ) . Here are some more unexpected fact about hippopotamus ....