Read about "The Hippo
and the Tortoise"

• You know how Egypt's King Menes died? A hippo ate him.
• Lips of the hippo are almost two feet wide.
• A hippo can walk for about six minutes underwater without coming up for air.
• It takes six years for a hippo to attain its full growth.
• Hippopotamus meat tastes like pork...or so I've been told.
• A hippo has its eyes and ears at the top of its head.
• Hippos can get sunburned.
• Over a short distance—very short—a hippo can outdash a world-class sprinter.
• Hippos have webbed feet.
• The African hippo is born underwater.
• Hippos have four toes.