Hippo Facts

Owen, a baby hippo orphaned by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, formed an unlikely bond with Mzee, a 130-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise at a Kenyan wildlife sanctuary. The pair became inseparable, sleeping, eating, and playing together for years.

A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside!

A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.

When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.