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Are hippos slow? Quite the opposite! Even though their legs are short, and their bodies are large and heavy, a hippo can run fast! Hippos have been clocked running at speeds of 19 to 25 mph (30-40 km/h).
Open Wide! Hippos have a huge mouth, measuring up to 4 ft (1.2 m) when opened wide!
Hippos have a pair of huge incisors in each jaw. The large, curved lower canine teeth are like tusks as they grow throughout a hippo’s life. They can reach a length of 1 foot 8 inches (50 cm)! These teeth are used for combat, not eating. When a hippo yawns, it’s not tired, it’s a sign of a threat.
How many di erences can you nd between these two hippos?
Sweaty, Sweaty Hippos?
DEADLIEST INCISORS SUNBLOCK BREATHE GRASSES
Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally.
Hippos have an oily red liquid that oozes out of their skin. It isn’t sweat. Sweat evaporates and cools a body. This liquid looks red in sunlight and it stays on the skin and protects it from drying out—and acts as a sunblock, too! When early European explorers rst noticed this reddish liquid on the hippos they observed, they gave it a name. Circle every other letter to see what they called it.
D E A D L I E S T
R I V
S E N E A S M
U H
N T A H I P P O S
B A E T R S
L E R A F L O O C
O R H J A
C B T W T U S K S
K S E S S A R G A
AFRICA HIPPOS RIVERS THREAT OOZES TUSKS SWEAT COOL SLOW JAW
T C C R L Z W
E R S M S A
W M
A O W
E E
R L
DBKLTOWOYDJSAWPEDAVT
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
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