Hippopotamus

Hippopotamuses are animals that appear in The Lion King franchise.
== Information ==
Hippopotamuses are large, bulbous, heavily built animals with short, stubby limbs. Most are gray or a variation of gray and brown. They have large teeth that stick out of their mouths.
The hippopotamus (meaning "river horse") is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal. After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third largest land mammal. The hippopotamus is semi-aquatic, inhabiting rivers, lakes and mangrove swamps. Hippos spend most of their days wallowing in the water or the mud, with the other members of their pod.
The water serves to keep their body temperature down, and to keep their skin from drying out. With the exception of eating, most of hippopotamuses' lives —from childbirth, fighting with other hippos, to reproduction— occur in the water. Hippos leave the water at dusk and travel inland, sometimes up to eight kilometers (five miles), to graze on short grass, their main source of food. A hippo's diet is mostly plants, but in certain circumstances, they will eat impalas, wildebeest, baby elephants, buffaloes, and sometimes other hippos. The hippo's proportions reflect its sedentary, amphibious existence. Its plump and bulky body is set on short, stumpy legs, with each foot having four toes.
== Appearances in Fanfictions ==
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== Hippopotamuses on this Wikia ==
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