A hippo goalkeeper is on average 3.5 metres long, and 1.5 metres tall. A human goalkeeper is on average 1.9 metres tall and 0.5 metres wide. This means that a hippo goalkeeper (parked sideways on the goal-line) takes up 29% goalspace, whereas a human goalkeeper takes up just 5%.
A human ball-winning midfielder weighs about 84kg. […]
One of the largest populations of hippopotamuses in Africa is under threat because of the British appetite for year-round strawberries and cut flowers.
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Hippos excrete a red liquid from their pores, which protects their skin from sun and infection!
Hippos can open their mouths up to 150 degrees wide!
Adult hippos have only two enemies in the world: other hippos and humans!
Most Hippos (56%) think that Michael Owen is overrated!
Hippo are in the Family Hippopotamidae - the very large Hippopotamus amphibius, frequenting rivers and lakes, and the smaller pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) frequenting forests near fresh water in West Africa.
Herr Hippo is of the former species.
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