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How Much Does a Grown Hippo Weigh? 
There
are two species of hippopotamus,
the Large Hippo and the Pygmy Hippo.
A full-grown Large Hippo or
Common Hippo (Hippopotamus
amphibius) can
weigh as much as 4 tons and grow to a size of 4 meters in length and a
height of 1.4 meters (measured up to its shoulder).
A
full-grown,
appropriately-named Pygmy Hippo (Choeropsis
liberiensis) may weigh as much as 270 kg and grow to a size of 1.5
meters in length and a height of 0.8 meters (again, measured up to its
shoulder).
Did You Know?
> Young hippos can only stay
under water for about half a minute, but adults can stay submerged up
to six minutes.
Much of
the information provided on this page may be found
on the
following websites. Please visit them to learn more about hippos
and to
learn what you may be able to do to help preserve the precious hippo
populations that remain.
National
Geographic (specifically the
facts page provided by "Young Peoples Trust for the Environment")
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