Show H can run in spite of its clumsy build the hip popo tamus can trot fast that Is why he was given the name ot of river horse the hippo s feet are kept far apart by the wide body and make paths with a aldge down the middle so as to be rec zabIe at once they swim well but go at their greatest speed when they can gallop along the bottom in shallow water they can stay under water a long time and when they come to the surface they send little jets ot of spray from their theft nostrils the cow is devoted to the calf the young one stands on her back as the mother swims I 1 |