Hippos
By: by Melissa Cole ; photographs by Tom and Pat Leeson
Contributors: Leeson, Tom; Leeson, Pat
Series: Wild Africa
Publisher: Blackbirch Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781567116359
Subjects: Hippopotamidae; Hippopotamus; Juvenile literature; Endangered species
Description: Examines the life of the hippopotamus, pointing out differences between the two remaining species and the impact humans have had, and continue to have, on these African mammals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 24).
Table of contents: title: The hippo's body; title: Special features; title: Social life; title: Feeding; title: The mating game; title: Raising young; title: Hippos and humans.