Hippopotamus

Key facts

• Hippopotamus lives in Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, Kenya, and Zimbabwe.
• Group: Mammals.
• It weighs about 1,500 kg (3,310 lb).
• A typical adult is about 3.5 m (11.5 ft) long.
• It lives about 40 years.
• Diet: herbivore.
• Habitat: freshwater.
• A hippo can stay underwater for about five minutes on one breath.