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Show Hippopotami Can Run. In spite of its clumsy build, the hippopotamus hip-popotamus can trot fast. That is why he was given the name of river-horse. The hippo's feet are kept far apart by the wide body and make paths with a ridge down the middle, so as to be recognizable rec-ognizable 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 of spray from their nostrils. The cow is devoted to the calf. The young one stands on her back as the mother swims. |