The Hippopotamus in Ancient Egypt

The hippopotamus, which hides alone can weigh six tons, is the third largest living land mammal, after elephants and white rhinos. It was regarded as a female deity of pregnancy in Ancient Egypt, but in modern times have been cut off from country due to the damage it causes crop. The Hippo continues to flourish in other parts of Africa. Hippopotamidae is the third largest living land mammal, after elephants and white rhinos.



"Flodhest" comes from a Greek word meaning "water or river horse." But hippos are not related to horses at all in fact, their closest living relatives pigs or whales and dolphins! There are two types of hippopotamus: river, or the common hippo Hippopotamus amphibius (on this factsheet) and the much smaller pygmy hippos Hexaprotodon liberiensis. The Hippo is the heaviest land mammal (the elephant).

It's even good substitutes that pod, thunder and fleet. I've had luck with hippos photography, and I've put a couple in this gallery, there is a lot more in my portfolio ... HERE. A baby hippopotamus can eat grass for 3 weeks but nurses a year. # A hippo can eat 100-150 pounds of grass in one night. Nile was very important for life in ancient Egypt. The water supplied food to the people and their banks provided resources such as papyrus, silica, and incredibly , fertile soil for agriculture.