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Hippo!
The hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, is the only surviving member of a family of heavy-bodied, four-legged mammals that share a common ancestor with whales. The other species went extinct between three and five million years ago. Hippos are native to all parts of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Only one group of about 200 wild hippos is found outside of Africa, and these are descendants of four animals that escaped captivity after being illegally imported into Colombia in the 1980s. Hippos are the third largest land mammal after elephants and rhinoceroses. Standing about five feet high at their shoulders, they…
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