The hippopotamus is a large mammal.From the point of view of their living environment, they sometimes stay in the water and sometimes stay on the land.Hippos feed mainly on aquatic plants, so they spend a lot of time foraging in the water every day, and sometimes they rest in the water.Although hippos spend a lot of time in the water, they are not aquatic animals to play with, but can only be said to be semi-aquatic animals.Compared with aquatic animals, hippos are not so good at swimming, nor do they have the ability to swim, but hide their bodies in the water.And they live in shallow water.This is because they breathe with lungs and need to come out of the water regularly to breathe, otherwise they are also at risk of drowning.
Hippos not only move about in the water, they can also spend a lot of time on land.Sometimes they will rest on the land, and sometimes they will walk along the shore and find a place where grass is flourishing.Therefore, in this respect, it can not be said that hippopotamus belongs to a complete aquatic animal.
At present, hippos are mainly distributed in Africa. Because they spend a long time in the water and mainly eat aquatic plants, they are distributed in areas where aquatic plants are relatively lush.Specifically, the hippopotamus's habitat is in rivers, lakes, swamps and other basins, that is, freshwater basins, not seawater basins.In terms of altitude, hippos are sometimes found at higher altitudes, up to 2400 meters.From the distribution of water depth, hippos are often in shallow water activities, in the depth of about 2 meters where they can often be seen.Hippos sometimes rest in shallow water, or on mudflats.
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