Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1916 — Hippopotami Can Run. [ARTICLE]

Hippopotami Can Run.

In spite of its clumsy build, the hippopotamus 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 at once. They swim well, but go at their greatest speed wheif they can gallop along the bottom in shallow water. They can stay under water a long time, and when they come tc the surface they send littld. jets of spray from their nostrils. The cow is devoted to the calf. The young one stands on her back as the mother swims.